Ladislav Demšar (Serbian Cyrillic: Ладислав Демшар; March 3, 1928 – May 15, 1992) was a Yugoslav basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.
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Born | (1929-01-25)25 January 1929 Novi Sad, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes | |||||||||||||
Died | 15 May 1992(1992-05-15) (aged 63) Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia | |||||||||||||
Nationality | Yugoslav | |||||||||||||
Listed height | 1.87 m (6 ft 2 in) | |||||||||||||
Career information | ||||||||||||||
NBA draft | 1951 / Undrafted | |||||||||||||
Playing career | 1946–1960 | |||||||||||||
Position | Center | |||||||||||||
Number | 7 | |||||||||||||
Coaching career | 1961–1986 | |||||||||||||
Career history | ||||||||||||||
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1946–1947 | Egység | |||||||||||||
1948–1960 | Crvena zvezda | |||||||||||||
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1961–1964 | Vojvodina Men | |||||||||||||
1964–1972 | Vojvodina Women | |||||||||||||
1966–1967 1970 | Yugoslavia Women | |||||||||||||
1972–1973 | Geas Basket | |||||||||||||
1980–1984 | Vojvodina Women | |||||||||||||
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Demšar played for Egység from Novi Sad and Crvena zvezda from Belgrade. He missed entire 1953 season.
In July 1950, he was a member of the Zvezda squad that won an international cup tournament in Milan, Italy.[1]
As a player for the Yugoslavia national basketball team Demšar participated in 1950 World Championship[2] and three European Championships, 1947 in Prague, 1953 in Moscow and 1955 in Budapest.[3] He played 79 games for national team. During EuroBasket 1947, on 13 May 1947 he score 42 points on 90–13 win against Albania national team and set national team scoring record.[4]
Demšar coached Vojvodina women's team from Novi Sad. Also, he coached Yugoslavia women's national team and won bronze medal at 1970 European Women's Championship in Rotterdam.[5][6]
Demšar's wife was Marija Veger (born 1947), a former basketball player who played for Vojvodina and the Yugoslavia national team
Yugoslavia squad – EuroBasket Women 1970 – Bronze medal | ||
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