Ladislav Demšar
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Born |
Novi Sad, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | 25 January 1929||||||||||||
Died |
15 May 1992 63) FR Yugoslavia | (aged||||||||||||
Nationality | Yugoslav | ||||||||||||
Career information | |||||||||||||
Playing career | 1946–1960 | ||||||||||||
Position | Center | ||||||||||||
Number | 7 | ||||||||||||
Coaching career | 1961–1986 | ||||||||||||
Career history | |||||||||||||
As player: | |||||||||||||
1946–1947 | Egység | ||||||||||||
1948–1960 | Crvena zvezda | ||||||||||||
As coach: | |||||||||||||
1961–1964 | Vojvodina (men's team) | ||||||||||||
1964–1972 | Vojvodina (women's team) | ||||||||||||
1966 | Yugoslavia (women's team) | ||||||||||||
1980–1984 | Vojvodina (women's team) | ||||||||||||
Career highlights and awards | |||||||||||||
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Ladislav Demšar (Serbian Cyrillic: Ладислав Демшар; March 3, 1928 – May 15, 1992) was a Yugoslav basketball player and coach.
Playing career
Demšar played for Egység from Novi Sad and Crvena zvezda from Belgrade.
Yugoslavia national team
As a player for the Yugoslavia national basketball team Demšar participated in 1950 World Championship[1] and three European Championships, 1947 in Prague, 1953 in Moscow and 1955 in Budapest.[2] He played 79 games for national team. During EuroBasket 1947, on 13 May 1947 he score 42 points on 90–13 win against Albania national team and set national team scoring record.[3]
Coaching career
Demšar coached Vojvodina women's team from Novi Sad. Also, he coached Yugoslavia women's national team and won bronze medal at 1970 European Women's Championship in Rotterdam.[4][5]
Personal life
Demšar's wife was Marija Veger (b. 1947), former basketball player who played for Vojvodina and Yugoslavia national team
Career achievements and Awards
- Player
- Yugoslav Men's League champion: 8 (with Crvena zvezda: 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1953, 1954, 1955).
- Coach
- Yugoslav Women's League champion: 2 (with Vojvodina: 1969, 1970)
References
External links
- Na današnji dan: Rođen Ladislav Demšar, mojacrvenazvezda.net (in Serbian)