Background
Stankovic, Borislav was born on July 9, 1925 in Bihac, Yugoslavia. Son of Vasilije and Marija (Soudil) Stankovic.
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Stankovic, Borislav was born on July 9, 1925 in Bihac, Yugoslavia. Son of Vasilije and Marija (Soudil) Stankovic.
Diploma in veterinary medicine, University Belgrade, Yugoslavia, 1955.
Foreign his contributions to the game of basketball he was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991. Simultaneous to his studies Stanković played professionally for Crvena zvezda (1946–1948), Železničar Beograd (1948–1950) and Partizan (1950–1953) and was on the Yugoslav national team for five years in early 1950s. After he retired from the game, he coached OKK Beograd for ten consecutive seasons (1953–1963) and for a season in 1965.
He then moved on to Italian club Pallacanestro Cantù, spending three seasons as its head coach (1966–1969).
Throughout his lengthy involvement with basketball, Stanković has served or been a part of the following organizations: Yugoslav Olympic Committee, International Olympic Committee, Board of Trustees at the Basketball Hall of Fame and he"s best remembered for his tenure as International Basketball Federation"s Secretary General of from 1976 to 2002. Stanković was inducted into the Women"s Basketball Hall of Fame in 2000.
Many observers feel it was Borislav Stanković who encouraged foreign basketball players to apply their trade in the National Basketball Association. Other than Serbian, he fluently speaks six other languages and was inducted into the Basketball Hall of Fame in 1991 as a contributor. In 2007, he was enshrined as a contributor in the International Basketball Federation Hall of Fame.
International Basketball Federation has named the annual international basketball cup after him, "Stanković Cup".
In his book "Dream Team – How Michael, Magic, Larry, Charles, and the Greatest Team of All Time Conquered the World and Changed the Game of Basketball Forever" (2012), American novelist and sportswriter Jack McCallum praises Stanković (incorrectly referred to him as Boris) for his role in allowing National Basketball Association pros to compete for their national teams in the Olympics, and later in the Basketball World Cups organized by International Basketball Federation.
Stanković was born in Bihać, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes. Early in his life he moved to Novi Sad and then to Syrmian town of Ledinci during World World War World War II After the war, Stanković went to Belgrade where he graduated from the University of Belgrade with a degree in veterinary medicine.
Member International Olympic Committee, since 1988 (named to Olympic order 1985).
Married Miroslava Stanovic, February 2, 1949. 1 child, Ljiljana.