Ladislav Demšar

Ladislav Demšar
Personal information
Born	25 January 1929; Novi Sad, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died	15 May 1992 (aged 63); FR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Yugoslav
Career information
Playing career	1946–1960
Position	Center
Number	7
Coaching career	1961–1986
Career history
As player:
1946–1947	Egység
1948–1960	Crvena zvezda
As coach:
1961–1964	Vojvodina (men's team)
1964–1972	Vojvodina (women's team)
1966–1967	Yugoslavia (women's team)
1970	Yugoslavia (women's team)
1980–1984	Vojvodina (women's team)
Career highlights and awards
	As player: 8x Yugoslav League champion (1948–1955); Yugoslav League scoring champion (1946); As coach: 2x Yugoslav Women's League champion (1969, 1970);
Women's basketball
Head Coach for Yugoslavia
EuroBasket Women

Ladislav Demšar (Serbian Cyrillic: Ладислав Демшар; March 3, 1928 – May 15, 1992) was a Yugoslav basketball player and coach.

Playing career

Demšar played for Egység from Novi Sad and Crvena zvezda from Belgrade.

As a player for the Yugoslavia national basketball team Demšar participated in 1950 World Championship^[1] and three European Championships, 1947 in Prague, 1953 in Moscow and 1955 in Budapest.^[2] He played 79 games for national team. During EuroBasket 1947, on 13 May 1947 he score 42 points on 90–13 win against Albania national team and set national team scoring record.^[3]

Demšar's wife was Marija Veger (b. 1947), former basketball player who played for Vojvodina and Yugoslavia national team

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