Božo Grkinić
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| National team |  Yugoslavia |
| Born | 17 November 1913 Sveti Juraj, Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary (now Croatia) |
| Died | 3 February 1996 (aged 82) Belgrade, Yugoslavia (now Serbia) |
| Sport | |
| Sport | Water polo Basketball |
| Updated on 10 June 2017 | |
Božo Grkinić (Serbian Cyrillic: Божо Гркинић; November 17, 1913 – February 3, 1996) was Yugoslav water polo and basketball player and coach. He was a member of the Yugoslavia national water polo team and Yugoslavia national basketball team.
Water polo career
| Božo Grkinić | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Senior clubs | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1948–1949 | Partizan | ||
1949–195? | Mornar | ||
| National team | |||
| Years | Team | ||
1948 | Yugoslavia | ||
Grkinić competed with the national water polo team at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.[1] He was given the honour to carry the national flag of Yugoslavia at the opening ceremony of the 1948 Summer Olympics, becoming the sixth water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.[2]
Basketball career
| Career information | |
|---|---|
| Playing career | 1938–? |
| Coaching career | 1945–1946 |
| Career history | |
| As coach: | |
| 1945–1946 | Partizan |
Grkinić was the first head coach of Partizan who coached them for two seasons, in 1945 and 1946 Yugoslav Basketball League.
As a player for the national basketball team Grkinić participated in 1947 European Championship[3] in Prague, Czechoslovakia.
See also
References
- ^ "Profile of Božo Grkinic". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
- ^ Yugoslavia. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
- ^ Božo Grkinić at 1947 European Championship, FIBA
External links
- Božo Grkinić at FIBA Archive
- Božo Grkinić at Olympics.com
- Božo Grkinić at Olympedia
- Božo Grkinić at the Croatian Olympic Committee (archived) (in Croatian)
 .svg){kind=small} | This biographical article relating to a Yugoslav water polo figure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
 | This biographical article relating to a European basketball figure is a stub. You can help Wikipedia by expanding it. |
- 1913 births
- 1996 deaths
- Yugoslav men's basketball players
- Yugoslav basketball coaches
- Yugoslav male water polo players
- Water polo players at the 1948 Summer Olympics
- Olympic water polo players of Yugoslavia
- Croatian water polo coaches
- People from Senj
- KK Partizan coaches
- Yugoslav water polo biography stubs
- European basketball biography stubs