Sreten Dragojlović Explained

Sreten Dragojlović
Height M:1.91
Weight Kg:91
Birth Date:1938 5, df=y
Birth Place:Kraljevo, Morava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Death Place:Gornji Milanovac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
Career Position:Shooting guard
Draft Year:1960
Career Number:12
Career Start:1955
Career End:1967
Coach Start:1967
Coach End:1971
Years1:1955–1957
Team1:Sloga Kraljevo
Years2:1957–1967
Team2:Crvena zvezda
Cyears1:1967–1971
Cteam1:Crvena zvezda Women

Sreten Dragojlović (Serbian: Сретен Драгојловић; May 6, 1938 – September 2, 1971) was a Serbian basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.

Playing career

Dragojlović started his basketball career with his hometown team Sloga. After that, he came to Belgrade and spent most of his career in the Crvena zvezda of the Yugoslav Basketball League for which he played from 1957 to 1967. He was also brought there by the former Zvezda player Srđan Kalember. In 1960, he got five-month suspension after had got caught smuggling on the Poland tour.[1] In the 1963 season, Dragojlović scored an excellent average of 28.2 points per game. He was the best club pointer that season while Vladimir Cvetković scored 25.5 points, and Ratomir Vićentić 18.9. Still, he did not manage to win a trophy with Zvezda. During 10 years with the Crvena zvezda, he played 155 matches and scored 2,437 points. The last match he played on July 23, 1967, against Borac.

National team career

As a player for the Yugoslavia national basketball team Dragojlović participated at the 1960 Summer Olympics[2] in Rome and at the EuroBasket 1961[3] in Belgrade where he won a silver medal. Also, he won a gold medal at 1959 Mediterranean Games in Lebanon. He played 49 games for the national team from 1959 to 1961.

Post-playing career

Dragojlović coached the Crvena zvezda women's team of the Yugoslav Women's Basketball League. He also worked at the Basketball Federation of Yugoslavia.

Personal life

Dragojlović died in a traffic accident near Gornji Milanovac on September 2, 1971, when he was rushing to visit his sick father.[4]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: 1960: Šampion OKK Beograd, superstar Korać . kosmagazin.com . 2 August 2019.
  2. https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/64395/sid/2935/tid/390/tid2//_/1960_Olympic_Games_Tournament_for_Men/index.html Sreten Dragojlovic at the 1960 Olympic Games Tournament
  3. http://www.fibaeurope.com/compID_qMRZdYCZI6EoANOrUf9le2.season_1961.roundID_2248.teamID_390.playerID_64395.html Dragojlović, Eurobasket 1961
  4. http://www.mojacrvenazvezda.net/90735/2014/05/06/na-danasnji-dan-rodjen-sreten-dragojlovic/ Na današnji dan: Rođen Sreten Dragojlović