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Krešimir Ćosić (November 26, – May 25, ) was a Croatian professional basketball player who represented Yugoslavia internationally. He was a member of FIBA Hall of Fame and Basketball Hall of Fame. He was also a notable church leader and missionary of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints, sometimes casually called the Mormon Church.

Ćosić was born in Zagreb, Yugoslavia, and raised in Zadar, where he started his basketball career in , playing for KK Zadar.

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He came to the United States to play college basketball at Brigham Young University from to Ćosić converted to The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints while he was at BYU, and later served as the Church presiding priesthood holder in post-communist Croatia. He was baptized by Hugh Nibley, one of the Church's most celebrated scholars.

Ćosić also introduced the Church of Jesus Christ to Yugoslavia. He translated the Book of Mormon and Doctrine and Covenants into Croatian.

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Ćosić was the first foreign player to earn All-American honors from the United Press International (in and ). After his college career, he rejected several professional offers and returned home to Yugoslavia. He played in four Olympic Games: , , , and At the Olympics in Moscow he led his team to the gold medal. The team won silver at the and Olympic Games and placed 5th in He previously led Yugoslavia to a pair of World Championship gold medals in and Ćosić then turned to coaching, and he led the former Yugoslav team to a silver medal in the Olympics in Seoul and two bronze medals at the FIBA World Championship and EuroBasket.

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In Ćosić became only the third international player ever elected to the world's Basketball Hall of Fame in Springfield, Massachusetts, the birthplace of basketball.

In the years following basketball he worked in the USA as a Croatian diplomat at the embassy in Washington, D.C., having helped secure the land where the embassy now stands.

Ćosić died in Baltimore, Maryland in of non-Hodgkin's lymphoma.

• On March 4, , Ćosić became just the second men's basketball player to have his jersey retired by BYU (the other was Danny Ainge).
  Kresimir cosic mormon messages today He did pretty well there, in and out of basketball. Basketball, however, is secondary to the story of Cosic's spiritual journey. The Marriott Center Annex should be named after Cosic. Kenngo Posted June 10,

• In , he was enshrined in the FIBA Hall of Fame.
• The Croatian landmark formerly known as Califfi Castle now carries the name of this basketball star and Churchman.
• There is a square in Zagreb, Croatia that bears his name (Trg Krešimira Čosića).
• Krešimir Ćosić Hall is the third largest arena in Croatia.

Yugoslavia recognized The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints as a legal entity in In the same year, Church leaders formed Yugoslavia's first Latter-day Saint congregation in Zadar.

Between and , the Church provided thousands of tons of food, clothing, bedding and medical supplies to Croatia. Since the Church has participated in a project to assist Croatian farmers. Currently there are just over members in six congregations in Croatia.[1]

Sources

• Church Newsroom