Dušan Radojčić Explained

Dušan Radojčić
Birth Place:	Yugoslavia
Death Place:	Yugoslavia
Nationality:	Serbian
Career Position:	Guard
Career Number:	13
Years1:	1949–1951
Team1:	Proleter Zrenjanin
Years2:	1952
Team2:	Partizan
Years3:	1953–?
Team3:	Proleter Zrenjanin
Cteam1:	Kombinat Zrenjanin
Cteam2:	Mašinac Zrenjanin
Cteam3:	Plastika
Highlights:	As player: Yugoslav League champion (1956)

Dušan Radojčić (Serbian: Душан Радојчић; 1931 – 5 May 1999^[1]), was a Serbian basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.

Playing career

Radojčić spent most of his playing career with Proleter Zrenjanin of the Yugoslav Basketball League.^[2] He played the 1952 season for a Belgrade-based team Partizan.

During his second stint with Proleter he won the National Championships in the 1956 season.^[3] Radojčić was a part of the group of players known as the Proleter's Five, which included himself, Milutin Minja, Ljubomir Katić, Lajos Engler, and Vilmos Lóczi.^{[4] [5]}

National team career

Radojčić was a member of the Yugoslavia national team that participated at the 1950 FIBA World Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He played one game at the tournament and scored 2 points.^[6]

Coaching career

Radojčić coached Zrenjanin-based teams Kombinat and Mašinac, as well as Žitište-based team Plastika.^{[1] [7]}

Career achievements and awards

• Yugoslav League champion: 1 (with Proleter Zrenjanin: 1956).
• Plaque of the Basketball Federation of Serbia (2016, posthumous)^[8]

Personal life

Radojčić briefly played handball for the Proleter handball team in 1949.^[9] His son Dragan played basketball.^[1]

In popular culture

• The 2016 Serbian documentary Šampioni iz pedeset i šeste portrays Radojčić and the achievements of the Proleter basketball team in the mid 1950s and how they won the Yugoslav Championship in 1956.^{[10] [11] [12]}

Notes and References

1. Web site: 25 GODINA KOSARKE U ZITISTU . kksvetidjordje.com . 21 June 2020.
2. Web site: OD A(rgentine) DO Š(panije): (Ne) živi se od stare slave . mvp.rs . 13 January 2019.
3. Web site: Košarkaška prvenstva Jugoslavije (1945-91) – treći deo . strategija.org . 11 January 2019.
4. Web site: DISKRETNI ŠARM ŠAMPIONA I VIRTUOZA POD OBRUČIMA . sportinfo.rs . 11 January 2019 . 11 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190111233008/http://www.sportinfo.rs/2016/04/27/diskretni-sarm-sampiona-i-virtuoza-pod-obrucima/ . dead .
5. Web site: Košarkaško prisećanje: Proleter Zrenjanin 1956. . utakmica.rs . 12 January 2019.
6. Web site: 1950 Yugoslavia 6 - Dusan Radojcic . fiba.basketball . 13 January 2019.
7. Web site: KK Sveti Đorđe - Istorijat . kksvetidjordje.com . 13 January 2019. sr.
8. Web site: Zrenjanin u znaku košarke . kss.rs . 12 January 2019.
9. Web site: Istorija RK Proleter . rkproleter.com . 13 January 2019 . 25 October 2016 . https://web.archive.org/web/20161025210057/http://rkproleter.com/istorija/ . dead .
10. Web site: Šampioni iz pedeset i šeste . kss.rs . 13 January 2019.
11. Web site: Film Šampioni iz pedeset šeste prikazan u Ljubljani . zrenjanin.org.rs . 13 January 2019 . 14 January 2019 . https://web.archive.org/web/20190114100504/http://www.zrenjanin.org.rs/3-45-45-4859/Film-%27%27Sampioni-iz-pedeset-seste%27%27-prikazan-u-Ljubljani . dead .
12. Web site: ŠAMPIONI IZ PEDESET I ŠESTE . . 13 January 2019.