Branko Radović (basketball)

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Branko Radović

Personal information
Born	(1933-12-05)5 December 1933 Dubrovnik, Zeta Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died	18 November 1993(1993-11-18) (aged 59) Split, Croatia
Nationality	Croatian
Career information
NBA draft	1955: undrafted
Playing career	1949–1964
Coaching career	1964–1972
Career history
As player:
1949–1952	Split
1952–1954	Montažno
1954–1957	Partizan
1957–1960	Crvena zvezda
1960–1964	Split
As coach:
1964–1972	Jugoplastika Split
Career highlights and awards
As coach Yugoslav League champion (1971) Yugoslav Cup winner (1972)
Medals Men's Basketball Representing Yugoslavia Mediterranean Games 1959 Lebanon Team Balkan Basketball Championship 1959 Romania Team

Branko Radović (Serbian Cyrillic: Бранко Радовић; December 5, 1933 – November 18, 1993) was a Yugoslav basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national team internationally. He is a member of Split Sports Hall of Fame under the name Father of Split's basketball.

Playing career

Radović started and finished his career with the Split of the Yugoslav First League. In between, he played for the Montažno in Zagreb as well as for the Partizan and the Crvena zvezda in Belgrade.

In 1959 season he was a top scorer with 31 points per game, more than Radivoj Korać. In a game with Lokomotiva Zagreb he scored a record high 64 points.

Yugoslavia national team

As a player for the Yugoslavia national basketball team Radović played 32 games between 1957–1959. He participated at two European Championships (1957 in Bulgaria and 1959 in Turkey) He won a gold medal at the 1959 Mediterranean Games in Lebanon.

Coaching career

After retiring from his playing career in 1964, Radović became a head coach of the Jugoplastika. He won the first national championship title for Split in 1970–71 season and led them to the 1972 European Champions Cup Finals, where he lost to the Italian team Ignis Varese led by Aleksandar Nikolić. He spent his entire coaching career with team from Split and retired after the 1971–72 season. During that time players of Jugoplastika included Ratomir Tvrdić, Damir Šolman, Petar Skansi and Duje Krstulović.

Career achievements

• Yugoslav League champion: 1 (with Jugoplastika: 1970–71).
• Yugoslav Cup winner: 2 (with Jugoplastika: 1972).

Individual

• Yugoslav League top scorer: 1 (with Crvena zvezda: 1959)

See also

• List of Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League annual scoring leaders