Joško Domorocki
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Josip "Joško" Domorocki (1917–1992) was a Bosnian football player. He was born in Sarajevo, where he lived for most of his life, and played mainly for FK Željezničar. He also trained and worked as a locksmith.
When he was 17, he started playing for Hajduk Sarajevo. Two years later, he went to Belgrade to serve in the army. While in Belgrade, he played in the B squad for the Yugoslavian national team. In 1940, he returned to Sarajevo and played for SAŠK. When the World War II ended in 1945, he went to FK Željezničar, where he spent the rest of his career. Despite the rough nature of Yugoslavian football at the time, he never suffered a significant injury.
He is particularly remembered for his defiance of the authorities over the creation of FK Sarajevo. When this team was created (as SD Torpedo) in 1946, several of the best players at FK Željezničar were ordered to play for the new club, to represent Sarajevo and Bosnia-Herzegovina at a national level. Despite the tough attitude of the new communist government towards dissent, Domorocki refused (even after the offer of a flat and two new suits, which was a serious incentive at that time), and continued to play for Željezničar, where he stayed for six years as a player, and then worked subsequently.
