Ljubodrag Simonović

Duci Simonović in Ljubljana

Ljubodrag "Duci" Simonović, PhD (Serbian Cyrillic: Љубодраг Симоновић Дуци; born 10 January 1949 in Kraljevo) is a Serbian retired basketball player and author. He played with Red Star Belgrade, with which he won two National Championships, three Radivoj Korać National Cups and one Saporta Cup. From 1976 to 1978, he played for 1. FC 01 Bamberg in the German Basketball Bundesliga.^[1][2] Simonović played for the Yugoslav national basketball team that won the 1970 FIBA World Championship, as well as the European "all-star" team.

Medal record
FIBA World Championship
Gold	1970 Yugoslavia	Yugoslavia
Eurobasket
Silver	1969	Yugoslavia
Silver	1971	Yugoslavia

He earned his Magister degree in law and a Doctorate in philosophy.^[3]

1972 Summer Olympics

The Yugoslav national team arrived to Munich for the 1972 Summer Olympics as official world champions from Ljubljana 1970 still hoping to win one of the medals though the team was quite changed. The victory over Italy 85-78 at the beginning of the tournament approved the expectations, but in the second round, the Yugoslav team was defeated by Puerto Rico.

It was proven that two players from the Puerto Rican side had used illegal doping substances prompting a protest from the Yugoslav players. Simonović however was ejected from the team after the protest from the Yugoslav players had been shushed.

As an author

After his retirement from sport he has written various philosophical books, including: ”Rebellion of Robots”, “Professionalism or Socialism”, ”Olympic Deception of the ‘divine baron’ – Pierre de Coubertin.”^[4]

Published books

• Pobuna robota (Rebellion of Robots), 1981
• Sport-Kapitalizam-Destrukcija (Professionalism or Socialism), 1995
• Filozofski aspekti modernog olimpizma (Philosophical Aspects of the Modern Olympiade), 2001
• Olimpijska podvala (Olympic Deception), 2007
• Novi svet je moguć (A New World is Possible), 2007
• Ustaj radniče! (Rise Up, Worker!), 2010

References

1. ^ Bamberg Season 1976/77 (German)
2. ^ Bamberg Season 1977/78 (German)
3. ^ http://www.politika.rs/rubrike/Sport/intervjui/Moj-pas-je-ziveo-bolje-od-mene.lt.html
4. ^ "inauthor:"Ljubodrag Simonović"". Ljubodrag Simonović via Google books. http://www.google.co.uk/search?tbs=bks:1&tbo=p&q=+inauthor:%22Ljubodrag+Simonovi%C4%87%22. Retrieved January 24, 2011. 

External links

• Duci's blog
• Olympic results at sports-reference.com
• - Introduction - Olympic Movement and the New World Order by Ljubodrag Simonovic - via northstarcompass.org.
• Interview 2008 (in Serbian): Ljubodrag Duci Simonovic - Money called mafia into sports

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Name	Simonovic, Ljubodrag
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Date of birth	10 January 1949
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