Božidar Peter

Božidar Peter (3 March 1938 – 24 April 2012) was a former Croatian handball player, coach and journalist.[1]

Božo Peter
Personal information
Full name Božidar Peter
Born (1938-03-03)3 March 1938
Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Died 24 April 2012(2012-04-24) (aged 74)
Nationality Croatian
Playing position Left back
Club information
Current club Retired
Senior clubs
Years Team
1955-1965
 RK Partizan Bjelovar
1965-1966
 RK Kvarner
1966-1967
 RK Partizan Bjelovar
1967-1968
 RK Kvarner
National team
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1958-1961
  Yugoslavia 12 (12)
Teams managed
1965-1966
 RK Kvarner
1967-1970
 RK Kvarner
1975-1978
 RK Kvarner
1979-1980
 RK Kvarner

Peter was part of the first successful generation of Partizan Bjelovar. With the club he won the Yugoslav First League three time, the Yugoslav Cup once and got to the final of the European Champions Cup in 1962 where they lost to Frisch Auf Göppingen.[2]

He played for the Yugoslav national team at 1958 World Championship in German Democratic Republic and 1961 World Championship in West Germany.[3]

He moved to Rijeka where he finished his playing career and began coaching in RK Kvarner. He worked in Novi list as a journalist.

Honours
Partizan Bjelovar
Kvarner
Yugoslavia
Individual

Sources
  • Razvoj rukometa u Hrvatskoj - 1986
  • Partizan Bjelovar - 1982
  • 50 godina rukometa u Rijeci - 2005
  • Slike rukometne bajke Bjelovara 2006
gollark: Brand does not matter. Speed will reduce to the lowest of both.
gollark: Probably!
gollark: No.
gollark: I guess you could just take *nothing*, but that would be stupid.
gollark: The money is in the boxes. You need to take the boxes to get the money.

References
  1. "U 74. godini života preminuo Božidar Peter, poznati rukometaš i novinar". sportcom.hr (in Croatian).
  2. "Vremeplov – Partizan Bjelovar!". balkan-handball.com (in Croatian).
  3. "I N M E M O R I A M". hr-rukomet.hr (in Croatian). Archived from the original on 2014-08-22. Retrieved 2017-01-13.
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