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(E) Drazen Petrovic of Croatia in Basketball Hall of Fame
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By Nenad N. Bach
Published on 09/27/2002
 

 

Our Hero PetrovicGoes Into History

Basketball Hall of Fame inductees (L-R) owner Manny Jackson of the Harlem Globetrotters, coach Kay Yow of North Carolina State, player Earvin "Magic" Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers, the late player Drazen Petrovic of Croatia's mother Biserak Petrovic and coach Larry Brown of the Philadelphia 76ers pose, September 27, 2002 in the newly constructed Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. They will be formally inducted later in the day. REUTERS/Jim Bourg 


Biserak Petrovic, mother of deceased NBA player Drazen Petrovic, of Croatia, touches her son's picture while viewing a display in his memory in the "Honors Ring" in the main hall of the newly constructed Basketball Hall of Fame, September 28, 2002 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Petrovic, who had been enshrined posthumously the night before, was killed in an auto crash in the midst of his NBA career in 1993. An "Honors Ring" of enshrinees can be seen suspended above. REUTERS/Jim Bourg 


(E) Drazen Petrovic of Croatia in Basketball Hall of Fame

 

Our Hero PetrovicGoes Into History

Basketball Hall of Fame inductees (L-R) owner Manny Jackson of the Harlem Globetrotters, coach Kay Yow of North Carolina State, player Earvin "Magic" Johnson of the Los Angeles Lakers, the late player Drazen Petrovic of Croatia's mother Biserak Petrovic and coach Larry Brown of the Philadelphia 76ers pose, September 27, 2002 in the newly constructed Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts. They will be formally inducted later in the day. REUTERS/Jim Bourg 


Biserak Petrovic, mother of deceased NBA player Drazen Petrovic, of Croatia, touches her son's picture while viewing a display in his memory in the "Honors Ring" in the main hall of the newly constructed Basketball Hall of Fame, September 28, 2002 in Springfield, Massachusetts. Petrovic, who had been enshrined posthumously the night before, was killed in an auto crash in the midst of his NBA career in 1993. An "Honors Ring" of enshrinees can be seen suspended above. REUTERS/Jim Bourg