Miloš Bojović (born 1938)

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Miloš Bojović
Милош Бојовић
Born(1938-06-25)25 June 1938
Priština, Yugoslavia
Died5 August 2001(2001-08-05) (aged 63)
NationalitySerbian
Other names
  • Miško
  • Miško Boem
Alma materUniversity of Belgrade
Occupations
  • Basketball player, coach and executive
  • journalist
  • lawyer
  • politician
Basketball career
Career information
undrafted
Playing career1957–1969
Number4, 12, 5
Career history
1957–1969Partizan
1963–1964OKK Beograd
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Yugoslavia
EuroBasket
Silver medal – second place 1965 Soviet Union
Team
Bronze medal – third place 1963 Poland
Team

Miloš Bojović (

Yugoslavia national basketball team
internationally.

Basketball career

Playing career

Bojović spent his entire playing career with Belgrade-based club

points.[1]

Bojović was loaned to OKK Beograd for the 1963–64 FIBA European Champions Cup season. Over three games, he averaged 7,3 points per game.[2][1]

National team career

Bojović was a member of the

Yugoslavia national team that won the bronze medal at the 1963 FIBA European Championship in Wrocław, Poland. Over six tournament games, he averaged seven points per game.[3] He was member of the national team that won the silver medal at the 1965 FIBA European Championship in the Soviet Union. Over six tournament games, he averaged six points per game.[4]

Post-playing career

Bojović was a head coach of the Partizan junior team from 1969 to 1972. After that, he was a staff member of Partizan.[1] During the late 1980s, Bojović was president of the Belgrade Basketball Association.

Journalism

Bojović also worked as a

sports journalist who wrote about basketball. In 1963, he started to work for Politika, and then in the newly established Politika Ekspres. During the 1970s, he followed and wrote about the national basketball team.[1]

Legal career

Bojović earned his law degree from the

Political career

During the early 1990s, Bojović was a member of

National Assembly of Serbia. He got elected at the 1990 Serbian general election. Later, he was elected to Federal Parlement of FR Yugoslavia.[1]

See also

References

  1. ^ a b c d e f g "Miloš Bojović – Miško Boem" (PDF). okkbeograd.org.rs. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  2. ^ "Champions Cup 1963-64". pearlbasket.altervista.org. Retrieved 27 May 2020.
  3. ^ "1963 Yugoslavia 7 - Milos Bojovic". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 26 May 2020.
  4. ^ "1965 Yugoslavia 13 - Milos Bojovic". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 26 May 2020.