Branko Radović (basketball)

Branko Radović
Personal information
Born	5 December 1933; 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);
Men's Basketball
Representing Yugoslavia
Mediterranean Games
Balkan Basketball Championship

Branko Radović (

Yugoslavia national team internationally. He is a member of Split Sports Hall of Fame under the name Father of Split's basketball.^[1]

Playing career

Radović started and finished his career with 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.^[2]

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)^[3] He won a gold medal at the 1959 Mediterranean Games in Lebanon

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.^[4] 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.