Božo Grkinić

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.

Božo Grkinić
Personal information
National team Yugoslavia
Born(1913-11-17)17 November 1913
Sveti Juraj, Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary
(now Croatia)
Died3 February 1996(1996-02-03) (aged 82)
Belgrade, Yugoslavia
(now Serbia)
Sport
SportWater polo
Basketball
Updated on 10 June 2017.

Water polo career
Božo Grkinić
Senior clubs
Years Team
1948–1949
 Partizan
1949–195?
 Mornar
National team
Years Team
1948
 Yugoslavia

Grkinić competed with the national water polo team at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London.[1] He was given the honour to carry the national flag of Yugoslavia at the opening ceremony of the 1948 Summer Olympics, becoming the sixth water polo player to be a flag bearer at the opening and closing ceremonies of the Olympics.[2]

Basketball career
Božo Grkinić
Career information
Playing career1938–?
Coaching career1945–1946
Career history
As coach:
1945–1946Partizan

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[3] in Prague, Czechoslovakia.

See also

References
  1. "Profile of Božo Grkinic". sports-reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 17 November 2016.
  2. Yugoslavia. Olympics at Sport-Reference.com Sports Reference LLC. Accessed 25 October 2011.
  3. Božo Grkinić at 1947 European Championship, FIBA


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