Ladislav Demšar

Ladislav Demšar (Serbian Cyrillic: Ладислав Демшар; March 3, 1928 – May 15, 1992) was a Yugoslav basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.

Ladislav Demšar

Personal information
Born	(1929-01-25)25 January 1929 Novi Sad, Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes
Died	15 May 1992(1992-05-15) (aged 63) Novi Sad, FR Yugoslavia
Nationality	Yugoslav
Listed height	1.87 m (6 ft 2 in)
Career information
NBA draft	1951: undrafted
Playing career	1946–1960
Position	Center
Number	7
Coaching career	1961–1986
Career history
Playing
1946–1947	Egység
1948–1960	Crvena zvezda
Coaching
1961–1964	Vojvodina Men
1964–1972	Vojvodina Women
1966–1967 1970	Yugoslavia Women
1972–1973	Geas Basket
1980–1984	Vojvodina Women
Career highlights
As player: 7× Yugoslav League champion (1948–1952, 1954, 1955) Yugoslav League scoring champion (1946) As coach: 2× Yugoslav Women's League champion (1969, 1970)
Medals Women's basketball Head Coach for  Yugoslavia EuroBasket Women 1970 Rotterdam Team

Playing career

Demšar played for Egység from Novi Sad and Crvena zvezda from Belgrade. He missed entire 1953 season.

In July 1950, he was a member of the Zvezda squad that won an international cup tournament in Milan, Italy.^[1]

National team career

As a player for the Yugoslavia national basketball team Demšar participated in 1950 World Championship^[2] and three European Championships, 1947 in Prague, 1953 in Moscow and 1955 in Budapest.^[3] 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.^[4]

Coaching career

Demšar coached Vojvodina women's team from Novi Sad. Also, he coached Yugoslavia women's national team and won bronze medal at 1970 European Women's Championship in Rotterdam.^[5][6]

Personal life

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

Career achievements and awards

Player

• Yugoslav Men's League champion: 7 (with Crvena zvezda: 1948, 1949, 1950, 1951, 1952, 1954, 1955).

Coach

• Yugoslav Women's League champion: 2 (with Vojvodina: 1969, 1970)

See also

• List of KK Crvena zvezda players with 100 games played
• List of Yugoslav First Federal Basketball League annual scoring leaders