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Vilmos Lóczi (Serbian Cyrillic: Вилмош Лоци; 19 January 1925 – 12 July 1991), also credited as Vilmoš Loci, was a Yugoslav basketball coach and player. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.

Vilmos Lóczi
Vilmos Lóczi bust in Zrenjanin
Personal information
Born(1925-01-19)19 January 1925
Veliki Bečkerek, Kingdom of
Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died12 July 1991(1991-07-12) (aged 66)
Zrenjanin, Yugoslavia
NationalityYugoslav
Career information
NBA draft1947 / Undrafted
Playing career1946–1960
Number6, 13
Career history
As player:
1946–1947Proleter Zrenjanin
1948–1950Partizan
1951–1960Proleter Zrenjanin
1951→ Crvena zvezda
As coach:
0000Proleter Zrenjanin
1974–1975Central African Republic
Career highlights and awards
As player
  • Yugoslav League champion (1956)

Lóczi was one of the best Yugoslav players from the 1940s and the 1950s according to Nebojša Popović, Aleksandar Nikolić, Ranko Žeravica and Mirko Novosel.[1]


Early life


Lóczi was born in Veliki Bečkerek to Hungarian parents from Pest. His father was a construction worker who died in Albania.[2]


Playing career


Lóczi started to play basketball for his hometown team Proleter of the Yugoslav Basketball League. In 1948, he moved to Belgrade-based team Partizan where he played until 1950. Over three seasons with Partizan, he averaged 11.7 points per game.[3]

In 1951, Lóczi moved back to Proleter. On 19 June 1951, Lóczi played one game for Crvena zvezda at an international cup tournament in Milan, Italy. He recorded game-high 19 points in a 54–24 win over Ginnastica Roma.[4] During his second stint with Proleter, he won the National Championships in the 1956 season.[5] Lóczi was a part of the group of players known as the Proleter's Five, which included himself, Milutin Minja, Ljubomir Katić, Dušan Radojčić, and Lajos Engler.[6][7]

In 1960, Lóczi announced his retirement from playing after Proleter got relegated from the First League.[3]


National team career


Lóczi was a member of the Yugoslavia national team that participated at the 1950 FIBA World Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina. Over four tournament games, he averaged 7.8 points per game.[8] The World Championship in Argentina was the inaugural tournament. At the 1953 FIBA European Championship in Moscow, the Soviet Union, he averaged 6.7 points per game over eleven tournament games.[9]

At the 1954 FIBA World Championship in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil, Lóczi averaged 7.0 points per game over five tournament games.[10] At the 1955 FIBA European Championship in Budapest, Hungary, he averaged 8.2 points per game over nine tournament games.[11] On June 10, 1955, he scored a national team-high 16 points in a win over England.[12] At the 1957 FIBA European Championship in Sofia, Bulgaria, he averaged 2.8 points per game over eight tournament games.[13]

Lóczi is the first player who appeared in 100 games for the Yugoslavia national team.[14][15] He averaged 6.7 points per game over 101 career games for the national team.[3] Lóczi was the national team captain from 1953 to 1957.


Coaching career


Lóczi began his coaching career in Proleter. Also, he coached teams in Saudi Arabia.[2]

Lóczi was the head coach of the Central African Republic national team for two years. He led the national team at the 1974 FIBA World Championship in Puerto Rico.[2] He also coached the United Arab Emirates national team.[3]


Career achievements and awards





References


  1. "Četiri selektora izabrala najboljeg jugoslovenskog košarkaša". yugopapir.com. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  2. "ON JE ZASLUŽAN ZA USPON KOŠARKE U EVROPI: Vilmoš Loci (1925-1991), virtuoz igre pod obručima i legenda zrenjaninskog Proletera". novosti.rs. Retrieved 12 January 2021.
  3. Miletković, Duško (2018). Stojadin (First ed.). Souly. pp. 113–115. ISBN 9780359306060.
  4. "Daba: Kad je Zvezda osvajala Milano…". kosmagazin.com. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  5. "Košarkaška prvenstva Jugoslavije (1945-91) – treći deo". strategija.org. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  6. "DISKRETNI ŠARM ŠAMPIONA I VIRTUOZA POD OBRUČIMA". sportinfo.rs. Retrieved 11 January 2019.
  7. "Košarkaško prisećanje: Proleter Zrenjanin 1956". utakmica.rs. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  8. "1950 Yugoslavia 13 - Lotci Vilmos". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  9. "1953 Yugoslavia 13 - Vilmos Loci". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  10. "1954 Yugoslavia 13 - Vilmos Loci". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  11. "1955 Yugoslavia 13 - Vilmos Loci". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  12. "1955 - YUGOSLAVIA - ENGLAND: 98-53". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  13. "1957 Yugoslavia 13 - Vilmos Loci". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  14. "OD A(rgentine) DO Š(panije): (Ne) živi se od stare slave". mvp.rs. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  15. "Istorija košarke - Period 1945–1959". kss.rs. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  16. "Zrenjanin u znaku košarke". kss.rs. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  17. "We Will Be the World Champions (2015) Full Cast & Crew". imdb.com. Retrieved 12 January 2019.
  18. "Šampioni iz pedeset i šeste". kss.rs. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  19. "Film Šampioni iz pedeset šeste prikazan u Ljubljani". zrenjanin.org.rs. Retrieved 13 January 2019.
  20. "ŠAMPIONI IZ PEDESET I ŠESTE". on YouTube. Retrieved 13 January 2019.



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