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Nov 17, 1929 Novo Miloševo, Vojvodina, Serbia Died on 29 Oct 2015 (aged 85)
Serbian basketball coach
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About Ranko Eravica
- Ranko Žeravica (Serbian Cyrillic: ????? ????????; 17 November 1929 – 29 October 2015) was a Serbian professional basketball coach.
- With a career that spanned over 50 years, he is most noted for his work with the senior Yugoslav national team, during the 1960s, 1970s, and early 1980s.
- In particular, Žeravica's single biggest achievement was guiding the country to its first ever major competition win — a gold medal on home soil, at the 1970 FIBA World Championship — leading to a huge expansion of the game of basketball throughout Yugoslavia.
- In 2007, he was enshrined into the FIBA Hall of Fame.
- Ranko Žeravica Sports Hall was named after him in his honor, in 2016.
