Bogumir (Bogomir) Doležal (1889–1959) was a Croatian sportsman and

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. He was a

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player, professional bicycle racer,

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, sport statistician,

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player and trainer. He also served as a president and secretary of the football club

HNK Hajduk Split Hrvatski nogometni klub Hajduk Split, commonly referred to as Hajduk Split () or simply Hajduk, is a Croatian professional football club based in Split, that competes in the Croatian First League, the top tier in Croatian football. Since 1979, t ...

. Although was born in

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in central Croatia, he moved to

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and started to play football. He was Hajduk's secretary from 1913 till 1920. Between 1936 and 1938 he was president of the club. He served as a Vice President of Yugoslavian Olympic Committee. He was a football referee (together with

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, older brother of

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). He was one of the founders of the rowing club

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in 1919. Doležal was founder and member of BK Split (cycling club) and HK Split (women's Czech football club). He wrote for sports magazine '' Jadranski sport'' ("Adriatic sport"). He was member and president of the swimming club "Baluni" between 1921 and 1923. He archived Hajduk's sports and clubs statistics during the

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. Some of his articles about

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were published in newspapers '' Jutarnji list'' and ''

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''. His book ''Sport at the Adriatic'' was published in

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in 1927. He died in

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References

* Jurica Gizdić: ''Otac Hajdukove hazene'' (Father of the Hajduk's czech handball), Naprid bili, Split, March 2015., p. 56.
Bogomir Doležal - Croatian Biographical Lexicon
{{DEFAULTSORT:Doležal, Bogumir 1889 births 1959 deaths Sportspeople from Bjelovar Men's association football players not categorized by position Yugoslav men's footballers Yugoslav football managers HNK Hajduk Split non-playing staff Croatian football referees Croatian male swimmers Croatian male rowers Croatian sports journalists Croatian statisticians