Mirko Marjanović ( sr-cyr, 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
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-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
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, 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.
National team career
Marjanović was a member of the
Yugoslavia national basketball team at the
1947 FIBA European Championship in
Prague
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,
Czechoslovakia
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. Over five tournament games, he averaged 9.2 points per game. At the
1953 FIBA European Championship in
Moscow
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, the
Soviet Union
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, he averaged 6.5 points per game over eleven tournament games.
Marjanović was a Yugoslav team member at the
1954 FIBA World Championship
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in
Rio de Janeiro
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, Brazil. Over five tournament games, he averaged 4.2 points per game.
Coaching career
As
player-coach, Marjanović coached Partizan for the last four seasons while he played for them.
Coaching record
Yugoslav First Men's Basketball League
See also
*
List of KK Partizan head coaches
References
External links
Partizanopedia
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1926 births
Centers (basketball)
KK Crvena zvezda players
KK Partizan players
KK Partizan coaches
Basketball player-coaches
Yugoslav men's basketball players
Yugoslav basketball coaches
1954 FIBA World Championship players
Year of death missing
Place of birth missing
Place of death missing