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
Bronze medal – third place 1970 Rotterdam Team

Playing career

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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

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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

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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

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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

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Player
Coach

See also

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References

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  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. ^ "Istorija ženske košarke". Archived from the original on 2014-12-24. Retrieved 2017-06-14.
  6. ^ "Basketball federation Serbia – History of Women's Basketball". kss.rs. Archived from the original on 2017-07-12.
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