Joško Domorocki

Josip "Joško" Domorocki (1917–1992) was a Bosnian-Herzegovinian footballer. He was born in Sarajevo, where he lived for most of his life, and played for several clubs in the Yugoslav First League. He also trained and worked as a locksmith.

Joško Domorocki
Personal information
Full name Josip Domorocki
Date of birth 1917
Place of birth Sarajevo, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 1992 (aged 74–75)
Place of death Split, Croatia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1938–1940 Željezničar Sarajevo
1940 Jugoslavija
1940–194x SAŠK Napredak
1945 FK Udarnik
1945–1946 Jedinstvo Sušak
1946–1952 Željezničar Sarajevo
Managerial career
1960-1961 Željezničar Sarajevo
Rudar Breza
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Playing career

When Domorocki was 17, he started playing for FK Željezničar Sarajevo. Two years later, he went to Belgrade to serve in the army. While in Belgrade, he played for SK Jugoslavija and for the B squad of the Yugoslavia national team.[1] In 1940, he returned to Sarajevo and played for SAŠK. When World War II ended in 1945, he played with FK Udarnik, and later with Jedinstvo Sušak. He returned to Željezničar in 1946 and played with them until 1952.[1]

He is particularly remembered for his defiance of the authorities over the creation of FK Sarajevo. When this team was created (as SD Torpedo) in 1946 by the merge of FK Udarnik and OFK Sloboda, several of the best players at FK Željezničar were ordered to play for the new club, to represent Sarajevo and Bosnia-Herzegovina at a national level. Despite the tough attitude of the new communist government towards dissent, Domorocki refused (even after the offer of a flat and two new suits, which was a serious incentive at that time), and continued to play for Željezničar, where he stayed for six years as a player, and then worked subsequently.[1]

Managerial career

Domorocki later coached FK Rudar Breza.[2]

Death

Domorocki died in a car accident in Split in 1992.[1]

References
  1. Junaci bez ulica: Josip Joško Domorocki Archived 2011-12-04 at the Wayback Machine at radiosarajevo.ba, 27-5-2011 (in Bosnian), retrieved 1-8-2012
  2. Devedeset godina brezanskih „beba“ at breza-x.com
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