Category | Contributor Date of Birth | 09.12.1925 Date of Death | 06.12.1998 Country | Serbia
Highlights
PhD in Technical Sciences
Graduated from the Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy in Belgrade. In 1968, he became a faculty professor and in 1980 he was named Associate Dean of the above-mentioned Faculty of Technology and Metallurgy
Authored many articles and was a common lecturer throughout the world as a top authority in the field of basketball rules
Played professionally in three clubs of his native Belgrade: BASK, Red Star and Partizan
Player of the Yugoslavian Basketball National Team
President of the Technical Commission of the Yugoslavian Basketball Federation
Secretary General of the Yugoslavian Basketball Federation for 8 years
President of the Yugoslavian Basketball Federation for 8 years
Commissioner of the Yugoslavian League
President of the Technical Commission of FIBA: 1972-1998
Distinctions & Recognitions
Professor Radomir Shaper is internationally known for his enormous contributions to the improvement of international basketball rules
FIBA Order of Merit in 1999 (awarded posthumously)
The Radomir Shaper Prize of FIBA is awarded since 2001 to an individual who has distinguished himself and has made exceptional contributions to the development of the basketball rules