Božo Grkinić

Božo Grkinić
Personal information
National team  Yugoslavia
Born (1913-11-17)17 November 1913
Sveti Juraj (Senj), Austria-Hungary
Died 3 February 1996(1996-02-03) (aged 82)
Belgrade, FR Yugoslavia
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
Club career
YearsTeams
1948–1949
1949–195?		 Partizan
Mornar
National team career
Years Team
1948 Yugoslavia

He competed with the national water polo team at the 1948 Summer Olympics.[1] At the opening ceremony of the 1948 Summer Olympics he was the flag bearer for Yugoslavia.

Basketball career

Božo Grkinić
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[2] in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Profile of Božo Grkinic". sports-reference. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  2. ↑ Božo Grkinić at 1947 European Championship, FIBA


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