FIBA Hall of Fame
    Kresimir COSIC (CRO)

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    2007
    CLASS

    Category | Player Date of Birth | 26.11.1948 Date of Death | 25.05.1995 Position | Center Height | 211cm (6'11") Country | Croatia

    Clubs

    • Zadar: 1964-1969

    • Brigham Young University (NCAA): 1970-1973

    • Zadar: 1973-1975

    • Brest Ljubljana: 1976-1978

    • Virtus Bologna: 1978-1980

    • Cibona Zagreb: 1980-1983

    Club Highlights

    • Champion of the 1982 European Cup Winner's Cup

    • 6 times Champion of the Yugoslavian League: 1965,1967,1968,1974,1975 and 1982

    • 4 times Champion of the Yugoslavian Cup: 1970,1981,1982 and 1983

    • 2 times Champion of the Italian League: 1979 and 1980

    National Team

    • 303 appearances with the Yugoslavian National Team

    • Played in 4 consecutive Olympic Games (Mexico 1968,Munich 1972,Montreal 1976 and Moscow 1980)

    • Olympic Gold medalist in Moscow 1980

    • 2 times World Champion: Ljubljana 1970 and Manila 1978

    • 3 times European Champion: Barcelona 1973,Belgrade 1975 and Liege 1977

    • 2 times Olympic Silver medalist: Mexico 1968 and Montreal 1976

    • 2 times Silver medalist in World Championships: Montevideo 1967 and Puerto Rico 1974

    • 3 times Silver medalist in European Championships: Naples 1969,Essen 1971 and Prague 1981

    • Bronze medalist in the 1979 European Championship in Turin

    • As a coach of the Yugoslavian National Team: Bronze medalist in the 1986 World Championship in Spain,Bronze medalist in the 1987 European Championship in Athens and Olympic Silver medalist in Seoul 1988

    Individual Highlights

    • First foreign player to earn All-America honors in the NCAA: 1972 and 1973

    • Freedom Award (contributions to the causes of democracy and human freedom) in 1993

    • FIBA Order of Merit in 1994

    • Jersey retired by Brigham Young University in 2006