Slobodan Popović (basketball)

Slobodan "Boban" Popović (Serbian Cyrillic: Слободан "Бобан" Поповић; 1944 – 31 December 1968) was a Yugoslav professional basketball player.

Born in Loznica, Popović moved to Bijeljina at a young age where he later started to play basketball.

His teammates in the Zvezda were Zoran Slavnić, Dragan Kapičić, Ljubodrag Simonović, Dragiša Vučinić, and Vladimir Cvetković among others.

With them, he was a member of the roster that won a National Championship in the 1968–69 season, and he was posthumously awarded with the title.

[6] Following his death, Radnik Bijeljina has been hosted the Slobodan Popović Memorial, an exhibition basketball tournament between clubs which was held since 1971.