Ladislav Demšar
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| Born | 25 January 1929 Novi Sad, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | ||||||||||||||
| Died | 15 May 1992 (aged 63) Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia | ||||||||||||||
| Nationality | Yugoslav | ||||||||||||||
| Listed height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | ||||||||||||||
| Career information | |||||||||||||||
| NBA draft | 1951: undrafted | ||||||||||||||
| 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 | ||||||||||||||
| 1964–1972 | Vojvodina Women | ||||||||||||||
| 1966–1967 1970 | Yugoslavia Women | ||||||||||||||
| 1972–1973 | Geas Basket | ||||||||||||||
| 1980–1984 | Vojvodina Women | ||||||||||||||
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Ladislav Demšar (Serbian Cyrillic: Ладислав Демшар; March 3, 1928 – May 15, 1992) was a Yugoslav basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.
Playing career[edit]
Demšar played for Egység from Novi Sad and Crvena zvezda from Belgrade. He missed entire 1953 season.
In July 1950, he was a member of the Zvezda squad that won an international cup tournament in Milan, Italy.[1]
National team career[edit]
As a player for the Yugoslavia national basketball team Demšar participated in 1950 World Championship[2] and three European Championships, 1947 in Prague, 1953 in Moscow and 1955 in Budapest.[3] 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.[4]
Coaching career[edit]
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.[5][6]
Personal life[edit]
Demšar's wife was Marija Veger (born 1947), a former basketball player who played for Vojvodina and the Yugoslavia national team
Career achievements and awards[edit]
- Player
- Yugoslav Men's League champion: 7 (with Crvena zvezda: 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955).
- Coach
- Yugoslav Women's League champion: 2 (with Vojvodina: 1969, 1970)
See also[edit]
- List of KK Crvena zvezda players with 100 games played
- List of Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League annual scoring leaders
References[edit]
- ^ "Daba: Kad je Zvezda osvajala Milano…". kosmagazin.com. September 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
- ^ Ladislav Demšar at 1950 World Championship for Men
- ^ Ladislav Demšar FIBA Profile
- ^ EuroBasket 1947, Yugoslavia–Albania Boxscore
- ^ "Istorija ženske košarke". Archived from the original on 2014-12-24. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
- ^ "Basketball federation Serbia – History of Women's Basketball". kss.rs. Archived from the original on 2017-07-12.
External links[edit]
- Na današnji dan: Rođen Ladislav Demšar, mojacrvenazvezda.net (in Serbian)
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- 1920s births
- 1992 deaths
- 1950 FIBA World Championship players
- Hungarians in Vojvodina
- KK Crvena zvezda players
- KK Vojvodina coaches
- Serbian men's basketball players
- Serbian men's basketball coaches
- Serbian expatriate basketball people in Italy
- Yugoslav men's basketball players
- Yugoslav basketball coaches
- Basketball players from Novi Sad
- Centers (basketball)