Srđan Kalember

Crvena zvezda

After the war Kalember wanted to continue to play football but Slobodan Ćosić persuaded him to play basketball where was less competition. He was present at the famous meeting in Deligradska Street when formed Crvena zvezda Sports Association. In beginnings, he was in reserves, but quickly become the standard first team player status of Crvena zvezda. In July 1950, he was a member of the Zvezda squad that won an international cup tournament in Milan, Italy. In total Kalember played 108 games and scored 734 points for Crvena zvezda from 1946 to 1954. Kalember is remembered as an extraordinary skirt.

Nantes

Kalember went to France in 1958 where he played for ABC Nantes.

Kalember was a member of the Yugoslavia national basketball team that participated at the 1947 European Championship in Prague, Czechoslovakia. He played one game in the tournament without any records. He was a member of the team at the 1950 FIBA World Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Over four tournament games, he averaged 4.5 points per game. Kalember was a member of the national team at the 1953 European Championship in Moscow, the Soviet Union. Over four tournament games, he averaged one point per game. Kalember played 47 games for the national team during his career.

In France, Kalember become a head coach of ABC Nantes. In late 1960s, he coached Clermontois. Kalember was two years coach of Jugoplastika, the team with which he won the first Yugoslav Cup in 1972. After that, they reached the final of the 1972–73 FIBA European Cup Winners' Cup and to 1973 FIBA Intercontinental Cup competition in São Paulo. In late 1974 career again took him to France. Kalember took over the team SLUC Nancy then Vendée Challans and FC Mulhouse Basket and in 1990 finished his coaching career in JA Vichy.

Kalember begins to play sports as a boy in 1938 when he won second place in the 60 meters race. On that occasion he received a kiss from Princess Elizabeth. During World War II he played football in Belgrade for the BASK, but was also interested in other sports.