Božidar Peter (3 March 1938 – 24 April 2012) was a former

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player, coach and journalist. Peter was part of the first successful generation of

Partizan Bjelovar RK Bjelovar (Rukometni Klub Bjelovar) is a team handball club from Bjelovar, Croatia formed in 1955. The club currently competes in the Croatian Second League of Handball (North) and the Croatian Handball Cup. During Communist Yugoslavia, the cl ...

. With the club he won the

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three time, the

Yugoslav Cup The Yugoslav Cup ( hr, Pokal Jugoslavije; sr, Куп Југославије; sl, Pokal Jugoslavije, mk, Куп на Југославија), officially known between 1923 and 1940 as the King Alexander Cup ( sh-Latn-Cyrl, Kup kralja Aleksandra, ...

once and got to the final of the European Champions Cup in

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where they lost to Frisch Auf Göppingen. He played for the Yugoslav national team at 1958 World Championship in

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and 1961 World Championship in

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. He moved to

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where he finished his playing career and began coaching in

RK Kvarner RK Kvarner Rijeka (Rukometni Klub Kvarner Rijeka) was a handball club from Rijeka, Croatia, formed in 1963. It was later incorporated into Kvarner Kostrena. History RK Kvarner The club was founded 27 February 1963, as RK Kvarner. The first ...

. He worked in Novi list as a journalist.

Honours

;Partizan Bjelovar *

**Winner (3): 1957-58, 1960-61, 1966-67 **Runner-up (4): 1958-59, 1959-60, 1962-63, 1963-64, *

**Winner (1): 1960 * European Champions Cup **Finalist (1):

;Kvarner * Regional League of Primorje and Istra **Winner (2): 1967–68, 1968–69 **Runner-up (1): 1965-66 * Croatian Unique League **Winner (1): 1969-70 ;Yugoslavia * 1958 World Championship - 8th * 1961 World Championship - 9th ;Individual *Best sportsperson in Bjelovar - 1957

Sources

*Razvoj rukometa u Hrvatskoj - 1986 *Partizan Bjelovar - 1982 *50 godina rukometa u Rijeci - 2005 *Slike rukometne bajke Bjelovara 2006

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Peter, Bozidar Yugoslav male handball players Croatian handball coaches RK Kvarner players RK Kvarner coaches Sportspeople from Bjelovar Handball players from Rijeka 1938 births 2012 deaths