Stanko Tavčar

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Stanko Tavčar (2 February 1898 in Dobrova, Austro-Hungary – 11 July 1945 in Ljubljana, Yugoslavia) was a Slovenian footballer and later a medical doctor.

He was mainly known as the first ever Slovene footballer that played in the Yugoslav national team during the Kingdom of Yugoslavia period, the second being Maksimilijan Mihelčič.

He was born in Dobrova, near Ljubljana, and spend his entire football career, from 1912 until 1922, playing as defender in ŠK Ilirija Ljubljana winning with them 3 Slovenian football championships. Playing as a full-back, light and with short stature, his main qualities were his great speed and technique making him one of the rare defenders of that period that were able to participate in offensive actions, as well.

He played two matches for Yugoslav national team, both at the 1920 Summer Olympics tournament.^[1]

He studied Medicine at Charles University in Prague and after retiring from football, he practiced medicine in Ljubljana, Kranj and Vienna.^[2]

References

↑ Tavcar&period=19201920 Matches for NT at Reprezentacija.rs.
↑ Career story at Reprezentacija.rs (Serbian)

v t e Kingdom of Yugoslavia squad – 1920 Summer Olympics

FW Cindrić MF Dubravčić MF Granec Jopantević FW Kojić FW Perška Pojić DF Porobić DF Rupec FW Ružić DF Schiffer MF Simić MF Šolc DF Tavčar MF Vragović GK Vrđuka DF Župančić Coach: Ugrinić

Persondata
Name	Tavčar, Stanko
Alternative names
Short description	footballer
Date of birth	2 February 1898
Place of birth	Dobrova, Austro-Hungary
Date of death	11 July 1945
Place of death	Ljubljana, Yugoslavia

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