Background
Paulauskas, Modestas was born on March 19, 1945 in Klaipeda.
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Paulauskas, Modestas was born on March 19, 1945 in Klaipeda.
Graduated from the Kaunas Institute of Physical Culture, 1971.
He is known as one of the best Lithuanian players of all-time having a superior dribbling ability. He was selected as Lithuanian Sportsman of the Year a record seven times, in 1965–1967 and 1969–1972. Paulauskas also was the Soviet Union national basketball team captain since 1969.
In 1991 he was named one of International Basketball Federation"s 50 Greatest Players.
After retiring from competitions, from 1977 to 1989 Paulauskas trained the junior team of the Soviet Union, and in the early 1990s was headed his native club Žalgiris. After that he coached basketball in schools, both in Lithuania and in Russia.
