50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors

50 Greatest Euroleague Contributors

The 50 Greatest Contributors in Euroleague History were chosen on February 3, 2008 in Madrid, Spain on the occasion of the fiftieth anniversary of the founding of the European Champions Cup, officially recognised as the predecessor to today's Euroleague.

The list was made up of 35 players, 10 coaches and 5 referees.

List of players

* Serbia: Radivoj Korać (1953-69), Dražen Dalipagić (1971-91), Vlade Divac (1985-2005), Aleksandar Djordjevic (1985-2005), Predrag Danilović (1987-2000), Dejan Bodiroga (1990-2007)
* Italy: Aldo Ossola (1964-1980), Dino Meneghin (1966-94), Mike D'Antoni (1969-90), Pierluigi Marzorati (1970-1991, 2006), Antonello Riva (1977-2002)
* Spain: Emiliano Rodríguez (1958-73), Clifford Luyk (1958-78), Wayne Brabender (1965-85), Juan Antonio Corbalán (1971-91), Juan Antonio San Epifanio "Epi" (1976-95)
* Croatia: Krešimir Ćosić (1964-83), Dražen Petrović (1979-93), Dino Radja (1984-2003), Toni Kukoč (1985-2006)
* Greece: Nikos Galis (1975-95), Panagiotis Giannakis (1976-96), Fragiskos Alvertis (1990-Present), Theodoros Papaloukas (1995-Present)
* USA: Walter Szczerbiak (1967-84), Bob Morse (1968-86), Bob McAdoo (1969-93), Anthony Parker (1993-Present)
* Lithuania: Arvydas Sabonis (1981-2005), Šarūnas Jasikevičius (1994-Present)
* Russia: Sergei Belov (1964-80)
* Bosnia: Mirza Delibašić (1972-83)
* Israel: Mickey Berkowitz (1971-95)
* Argentina: Emanuel "Manu" Ginóbili (1996-Present)
* Mexico: Manuel "Manolo" Raga (1963-77)

Other Nominees

* USA: Miles Aiken (1960-70), Bill Bradley (1961-77), Charlie Yelverton (1968-80), Aulcie Perry (1970-85), Bruce Flowers (1975-87), Larry Wright (1975-88), Clarence Kea (1976-94), Kevin Magee (1977-94), Audie Norris (1978-94), Corny Thompson (1978-96), Dominique Wilkins (1979-99), Michael Young (1980-96), Johnny Rogers (1981-2004), Joe Arlauckas (1983-2000), David Rivers (1984-2001), Derrick Sharp (1990-Present), Marcus Brown (1992-Present), Tyus Edney (1993-Present)
* Croatia: Josip Giuseppe "Pino" Djerdja (1958-76), Mihovil Nakić-Vojnović (1974-88), Aleksandar "Aco" Petrović (1979-92), Velimir Perasović (1984-2003), Stojan "Stojko" Vranković (1985-2002), Nikola Vujčić (1995-Present)
* Serbia: Zoran "Moka" Slavnić (1963-83), Dragan Kićanović (1966-84), Žarko Varajić (1969-84), Zoran Savić (1986-2002), Željko Rebrača (1991-2007)
* Spain: Rafael Rullan (1969-88), Ignacio "Nacho" Solozábal (1975-92), Fernando Martín (1979-89), Jordi Villacampa (1980-97), Juan Carlos Navarro (1997-Present)
* Italy: Carlo Recalcati (1967-79), Roberto Brunamonti (1975-96), Walter Magnifico (1980-2001), Riccardo Pittis (1984-2004)
* Russia: Gennadi Volnov (1956-73), Yuri Korneev (1957-66), Vladimir Andreev (1962-75), Anatoli Myshkin (1972-86)
* Lithuania: Valdemaras Chomičius (1978-2000), Rimas Kurtinaitis (1982-2006), Artūras Karnišovas (1989-2002), Saulius Štombergas (1991-2007)
* France: Richard Dacoury (1976-98), Stéphane Ostrowski (1979-2005), Antoine Rigaudeau (1987-2005)
* Slovenia: Ivo Daneu (1956-70), Jurij "Jure" Zdovc (1987-2003), Matjaž Smodiš (1994-Present)
* Israel: Tal Brody (1961-77), Motti Aroesti (1973-88), Doron Jamchi (1984-2000)
* Latvia: Maigonis Valdmanis (1949-63), Valdis Muižnieks (1951-69), Jānis Krūmiņš (1954-69)
* Greece: Panagiotis Fasoulas (1981-99), Dimitris Diamantidis (1994-Present)
* Ukraine: Vladimir Tkachenko (1973-92), Alexander Volkov (1983-96)
* Montenegro: Duško Ivanović (1980-96), Žarko Paspalj (1982-99)
* Turkey: İbrahim Kutluay (1991-Present), Mirsad Türkcan (1994-Present)
* F.Y.R.O.M.: Petar Naumoski (1989-2004)
* Czech Republic: Jiří Zídek Sr. (1962-83)
* Armenia: Armenak Alachachian (1952-68)
* Argentina: Luis Scola (1996-Present)

List of coaches

* Serbia: Aleksandar "Aca" Nikolić (1954-84), Dušan Ivković (1978-Present), Božidar "Boža" Maljković (1979-Present), Želimir "Željko" Obradović (1991-Present)
* Spain: Pedro Ferrándiz (1957-75), Manuel "Lolo" Sáinz (1972-2000)
* Russia: Alexander Gomelsky (1954-91)
* USA: Dan Peterson (1963-87)
* Italy: Ettore Messina (1989-Present)
* Israel: Pinhas "Pini" Gershon (1992-Present)

Other Nominees

* Italy: Cesare Rubini (1947-74), Alessandro "Sandro" Gamba (1973-91), Valerio Bianchini (1974-2006)
* Serbia: Ranko Žeravica (1958-2003), Svetislav Pešić (1982-Present)
* Croatia: Mirko Novosel (1967-93), Željko Pavličević (1985-Present)
* Spain: Alejandro "Aíto" García Reneses (1974-Present)
* Greece: Giannis Ioannidis (1978-2004)
* Israel: Ralph Klein (1976-96)

List of referees

* Bulgaria: Artenik Arabadjian
* Russia: Mikhail Davidov
* Slovakia: Lubomir Kotleba
* France: Yvan Mainini
* Greece: Costas Rigas

Other Nominees

* Serbia: Obrad Belošević
* Finland: Carl Jungebrand
* Hungary: Ervin Kassai
* Poland: Wiesław Zych
* Lithuania: Romualdas Brazauskas
* Spain: Pedro Hernández-Cabrera
* UK: David Turner

External links

* [http://www.euroleague.net/history/50-years/main official page]


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