Mirko Marjanović (basketball) explained

Mirko Marjanović
Height M:1.92
Birth Date:2 May 1926
Nationality:Serbian
Career Position:Center
Career Number:4, 12
Career Start:1945
Career End:1957
Coach Start:1954
Coach End:1957
Years1:1945
Team1:Yugoslav Army
Years2:1946–1957
Team2:Partizan
Years3:1951
Team3:Crvena zvezda
Cyears1:1954–1957
Cteam1:Partizan
Highlights:As player:

Mirko Marjanović (Serbian: Мирко Марјановић; 2 May 1926 – unknown) was the Serbian basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.

Playing career

Marjanović played for Belgrade-based teams the Yugoslav Army and Partizan of the Yugoslav First League. In the 1945 season, he won the Yugoslav Championships with the Yugoslav Army.

In June 1951, Marjanović played two games for Crvena zvezda at an international cup tournament in Milan, Italy. On 18 June, he recorded 10 points in a 46–35 loss to Borletti Milano. On the following day, he recorded 17 points in a 54–24 win over Ginnastica Roma.[1]

National team career

Marjanović was a member of the Yugoslavia national basketball team at the 1947 FIBA European Championship in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Over five tournament games, he averaged 9.2 points per game.[2] At the 1953 FIBA European Championship in Moscow, the Soviet Union, he averaged 6.5 points per game over eleven tournament games.[3]

Marjanović was a Yugoslav team member at the 1954 FIBA World Championship in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Over five tournament games, he averaged 4.2 points per game.[4]

Coaching career

As player-coach, Marjanović coached Partizan for the last four seasons while he played for them.[5]

Coaching record

Yugoslav First Men's Basketball League

SeasonTeamGamesWDLW %Result
1954Partizan22 12 2 8 5th
1955Partizan18 10 2 6 3rd
1956Partizan18 10 4 4 3rd
1957Partizan18 6 1 11 7th
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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Daba: Kad je Zvezda osvajala Milano… . kosmagazin.com . September 2020 . 10 January 2021.
  2. Web site: Marjanovic at the 1947 EuroBasket . fiba.basketball . 2 August 2019.
  3. Web site: Mirko Marjanović at 1953 Eurobasket . fiba.basketball . 2 August 2019.
  4. Web site: Mirko Marjanović at 1954 FIBA World Championship . fiba.basketball . 2 August 2019.
  5. Web site: KK Partizan - Trofeji .