Ladislav Demšar

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.

Ladislav Demšar
Personal information
Born(1929-01-25)25 January 1929
Novi Sad, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died15 May 1992(1992-05-15) (aged 63)
Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia
NationalityYugoslav
Listed height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Career information
NBA draft1951 / Undrafted
Playing career1946–1960
PositionCenter
Number7
Coaching career1961–1986
Career history
As player:
1946–1947Egység
1948–1960Crvena zvezda
As coach:
1961–1964Vojvodina Men
1964–1972Vojvodina Women
1966–1967
1970		Yugoslavia Women
1972–1973Geas Basket
1980–1984Vojvodina Women
Career highlights and awards
As player:

As coach:

Medals
Women's basketball
Head Coach for  Yugoslavia
EuroBasket Women
1970 RotterdamTeam

Playing career

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

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

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

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
Player
Coach

See also

References
  1. "Daba: Kad je Zvezda osvajala Milano…". kosmagazin.com. September 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  2. Ladislav Demšar at 1950 World Championship for Men
  3. Ladislav Demšar FIBA Profile
  4. EuroBasket 1947, Yugoslavia–Albania Boxscore
  5. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2014-12-24. Retrieved 2017-06-14.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  6. "Basketball federation Serbia – History of Women's Basketball". kss.rs. Archived from the original on 2017-07-12.
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