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1. www.findagrave.com › memorial › 7192736Drazen Petrovic (1964-1993) - Find a Grave Memorial

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   Jun 7, 1993 · Added: Feb 18, 2003. Find a Grave Memorial ID: 7192736. Source citation. Professional Basketball Player. As a young man during the 1984-85 season, he once scored 112 points in a Croatian League game, hitting 40 of 60 from the field. He was a member of the silver medal-winning Yugoslavian (1988) and Croatian (1992) Olympic teams.

   • Birth Date: October 22, 1964

2. www.orlandosentinel.com › 1993/06/12 › thousandsTHOUSANDS TURN OUT FOR PETROVIC’S BURIAL - Orlando Sentinel

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   Jun 12, 1993 · Grief permeated the gloomy afternoon air Friday and spilled into this capital city’s streets along with tens of thousands of mourning fans, who streamed uphill in a procession to say one fina…

3. www.nytimes.com › 1993/06/09 › sportsPRO BASKETBALL; Mourning Hero Who Transcended Sports World

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   Jun 9, 1993 · Fans gathered in front of the coffee bar co-owned by the New Jersey Nets star Drazen Petrovic to pay tribute today to the basketball player and national hero of this war-torn country who died in a ...

4. www.si.com › nba › 2015/03/29The tragic death of Drazen Petrovic - Sports Illustrated

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   Mar 29, 2015 · A new book honors Drazen Petrovic's life, which was taken abruptly in a tragic car accident in 1993. Editor's note: The following is an excerpt from 'Drazen: The remarkable life and legacy of the ...

5. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Dražen_PetrovićDražen Petrović - Wikipedia

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   This is an accepted version of this page This is the latest accepted revision, reviewed on 2 November 2024. Yugoslav-Croatian basketball player (1964–1993) Dražen Petrović Petrović with the New Jersey Nets in 1992 Personal information Born (1964-10-22) 22 October 1964 Šibenik, Croatia, Yugoslavia Died 7 June 1993 (1993-06-07) (aged 28) Denkendorf, Germany Nationality Croatian Listed ...

6. www.nytimes.com › athletic › 4582117Dražen Petrović’s basketball legacy lives on 30 years after ...

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   Jun 7, 2023 · Three decades after his death, Petrović's impact to the game still resonates throughout the NBA. ... Drazen Petrovic scored 112 points in a single game in Cibona’s win over SMELT Olympia 158-77 ...

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   How old was Drazen Petrovic when he died?

   • Drazen Petrovic, just twenty-eight years old, was dead. ***** The morning after, some members of the Croatian national team gathered at Amadeus, Petrovic’s café in Zagreb, a stone’s throw from a basketball arena that soon would carry his name.

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   What is the draen Petrovi Memorial Center?

   • A museum named "The Dražen Petrović Memorial Center" was founded in his honor, and constitutes a co-operative effort led by the Dražen Petrović Foundation in conjunction with the Croatian government, the city of Zagreb and the Croatian Museum of Sports.

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   How did Petrovi die?

   • He had met her only a few weeks prior after a game at the Meadowlands Arena. [ 49 ] Petrović died in a traffic accident at about 5:20 p.m. on 7 June 1993. On the rain-drenched Autobahn 9, he was a passenger in a car that was cut off by a semi-truck at Denkendorf near Ingolstadt in the German state of Bavaria.

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   Who was Aleksandar Petrovic?

   • Petrovic was the missing traveler. Aleksandar Petrovic, traveling with the team as its assistant coach, stepped forward and informed airline staff that his brother had made alternate travel arrangements. With that, they took off on the flight for Zagreb, a trip of a little less than two hours.

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   How did Szalantzy and Petrovic meet?

   • On Monday, June 7, with Petrovic touching down in Frankfurt from Wroclaw, the two had arranged to once again meet. Szalantzy, as promised, waited in her car at the Frankfurt airport, where she planned to drive Petrovic to Munich. Once there, the two would spend the next night at a hotel.

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   Did Petrovic and Goyak meet again?

   • It was, Petrovic told Goyak while chuckling, a little devious on the part of his mother, who was wary of the queue of women who sought her famous son.) On Monday, June 7, with Petrovic touching down in Frankfurt from Wroclaw, the two had arranged to once again meet.

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8. www.nytimes.com › 1993/06/12 › sportsPRO BASKETBALL; Croatia Buries a National Hero

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   Jun 12, 1993 · Petrovic was 28, a star for the New Jersey Nets at the height of his athletic career, when he died on Monday in a car accident in Germany. His funeral was attended by dignitaries, politicians ...