Radovan Radović

Radovan "Bata" Radović (Serbian Cyrillic: Рaдовaн Рaдовић; 19 January 1936 – 25 August 2022)[1] was a Serbian basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.

Radovan Radović
Personal information
Born(1936-01-19)19 January 1936
Kučevo, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died25 August 2022(2022-08-25) (aged 86)
Belgrade, Serbia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Listed weight92 kg (203 lb)
Career information
Playing career1954–1968
PositionCenter
Number13
Coaching career1969–1981
Career history
As player:
1954–1957BSK
1957–1968Partizan
As coach:
1969–1971Partizan
Medals
Men's Basketball
Representing  Yugoslavia
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place 1961 Yugoslavia Team
Mediterranean Games
Gold medal – first place1959 LebanonTeam
Bronze medal – third place1963 ItalyTeam

Playing career

Radović played for two Belgrade teams the BSK and the Partizan in Yugoslav First League.

He started his basketball career playing with the youth teams of the BSK. In 1954, he was promoted to first team. Few years later he moved to Partizan where he has played for Partizan from 1957 to 1968, missed only 1964 season due to the compulsory military service.[2] In 1963, he recorded a career-high 48 points in a game.[3]

National team career

As a player for the Yugoslavia national basketball team Radović participated at the 1960 Summer Olympics[4] in Rome and at the EuroBasket 1961[5] in Belgrade where he won a silver medal. He participated at the EuroBasket 1959 in Turkey. Also, he won a gold medal at the 1959 Mediterranean Games in Lebanon and bronze medal at the 1963 Mediterranean Games in Italy.

Radović was a flag bearer for Yugoslavia at the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, Italy.[2]

Coaching career

Radović coached the Partizan Belgrade of the Yugoslav First League in 1969–70 and 1970–71 season.[6] During his military service in Kraljevo in 1964, he briefly trained a future star Ljubodrag Simonović.[2]

See also

References
  1. Preminuo proslavljeni košarkaš: Igrao za Partizan i nosio zastavu na Olimpijskim igrama (in Serbian)
  2. "Daba: Kakav bata - Bata Radović!". KOS magazin. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  3. "Znate li koji košarkaš Partizana je dao najviše poena na jednoj utakmici u istoriji? | Telegraf - Nanovije vesti". telegraf.rs. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
  4. Radovan Radović at the 1960 Olympic Games Tournament, FIBA.com
  5. Radovic, Eurobasket 1961, FIBA Europe
  6. "KK Partizan - Trofeji". kkpartizan.rs. Retrieved 17 August 2017.
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