Mirko Marjanović (basketball)

Mirko Marjanović
Personal information
Born(1926-05-02)2 May 1926
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.92 m (6 ft 4 in)
Career information
Playing career1945–1957
PositionCenter
Number4, 12
Coaching career1954–1957
Career history
As player:
1945Yugoslav Army
1946–1957Partizan
1951Crvena zvezda
As coach:
1954–1957Partizan
Career highlights and awards
As player:

Mirko Marjanović (Serbian Cyrillic: Мирко Марјановић; 2 May 1926 – unknown) was the Serbian basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.

Playing career

Marjanović played for Belgrade-based teams the Yugoslav Army and Partizan of the Yugoslav First League. In the 1945 season, he won the Yugoslav Championships with the Yugoslav Army.

In June 1951, Marjanović played two games for Crvena zvezda at an international cup tournament in Milan, Italy. On 18 June, he recorded 10 points in a 46–35 loss to Borletti Milano. On the following day, he recorded 17 points in a 54–24 win over Ginnastica Roma.[1]

National team career

Marjanović was a member of the Yugoslavia national basketball team at the 1947 FIBA European Championship in Prague, Czechoslovakia. Over five tournament games, he averaged 9.2 points per game.[2] At the 1953 FIBA European Championship in Moscow, the Soviet Union, he averaged 6.5 points per game over eleven tournament games.[3]

Marjanović was a Yugoslav team member at the 1954 FIBA World Championship in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. Over five tournament games, he averaged 4.2 points per game.[4]

Coaching career

As player-coach, Marjanović coached Partizan for the last four seasons while he played for them.[5]

Coaching record

Legend
 W  Wins  L  Losses  D  Draws  W%  Winning percentage

Yugoslav First Men's Basketball League

Season Team Games W D L W % Result
1954 Partizan 22 12 2 8 .545 5th
1955 Partizan 18 10 2 6 .556 3rd
1956 Partizan 18 10 4 4 .556 3rd
1957 Partizan 18 6 1 11 .333 7th
Career 76 38 9 29 .500

See also

References

  1. ^ "Daba: Kad je Zvezda osvajala Milano…". kosmagazin.com. September 2020. Retrieved 10 January 2021.
  2. ^ "Marjanovic at the 1947 EuroBasket". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  3. ^ "Mirko Marjanović at 1953 Eurobasket". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  4. ^ "Mirko Marjanović at 1954 FIBA World Championship". fiba.basketball. Retrieved 2 August 2019.
  5. ^ "KK Partizan - Trofeji".