Sreten Dragojlović

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

Sreten Dragojlović
Personal information
Born(1938-05-06)6 May 1938
Kraljevo, Morava Banovina, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died2 September 1971(1971-09-02) (aged 33)
Gornji Milanovac, SR Serbia, SFR Yugoslavia
NationalityYugoslav
Listed height1.91 m (6 ft 3 in)
Listed weight91 kg (201 lb)
Career information
NBA draft1960 / Undrafted
Playing career1955–1967
PositionShooting guard
Number12
Coaching career1967–1971
Career history
As player:
1955–1957Sloga Kraljevo
1957–1967Crvena zvezda
As coach:
1967–1971Crvena zvezda (women's team)
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Yugoslavia
EuroBasket
1961 Yugoslavia Team
Mediterranean Games
1959 LebanonTeam

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.[2]

National team career

As a player for the Yugoslavia national basketball team Dragojlović participated at the 1960 Summer Olympics[3] in Rome and at the EuroBasket 1961[4] in Belgrade where he won a silver medal. Also, he won a gold medal at 1959 Mediterranean Games in Lebanon.[2] 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.[2]

Personal life

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

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See also

References
  1. "1960: Šampion OKK Beograd, superstar Korać". kosmagazin.com. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  2. Na današnji dan: Rođen Sreten Dragojlović
  3. Sreten Dragojlovic at the 1960 Olympic Games Tournament, FIBA.com
  4. Dragojlović, Eurobasket 1961, FIBA Europe
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