Božidar Peter

Božidar Peter (3 March 1938 – 24 April 2012) was a former Croatian handball player, coach and journalist.^[1]

Božo Peter
Personal information
Full name	Božidar Peter
Born	(1938-03-03)3 March 1938 Zagreb, SFR Yugoslavia
Died	24 April 2012(2012-04-24) (aged 74)
Nationality	Croatian
Playing position	Left back
Club information
Current club	Retired
Senior clubs
Years	Team
1955-1965	RK Partizan Bjelovar
1965-1966	RK Kvarner
1966-1967	RK Partizan Bjelovar
1967-1968	RK Kvarner
National team
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1958-1961	Yugoslavia	12	(12)
Teams managed
1965-1966	RK Kvarner
1967-1970	RK Kvarner
1975-1978	RK Kvarner
1979-1980	RK Kvarner

Peter was part of the first successful generation of Partizan Bjelovar. With the club he won the Yugoslav First League three time, the Yugoslav Cup once and got to the final of the European Champions Cup in 1962 where they lost to Frisch Auf Göppingen.^[2]

He played for the Yugoslav national team at 1958 World Championship in German Democratic Republic and 1961 World Championship in West Germany.^[3]

He moved to Rijeka where he finished his playing career and began coaching in RK Kvarner. He worked in Novi list as a journalist.

Honours

Partizan Bjelovar

• Yugoslav First League
  • Winner (3): 1957-58, 1960-61, 1966-67
  • Runner-up (4): 1958-59, 1959-60, 1962-63, 1963-64,
• Yugoslav Cup
  • Winner (1): 1960
• European Champions Cup
  • Finalist (1): 1962

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