Janko Rodin

Janko Rodin (17 February 1900 – 14 September 1974) was a Croatian footballer and later president of HNK Hajduk Split.

Janko Rodin
Personal information
Date of birth (1900-02-17)17 February 1900
Place of birth Kaštel Lukšić, Austro-Hungary
Date of death 14 September 1974(1974-09-14) (aged 74)[1]
Place of death Kaštel Lukšić, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Defender or midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1920–1922 Hajduk Split
1922–1923[2] Slavia Prague
1923–1925 Hajduk Split
1925–1927 BSK Belgrade
1928–1931 Hajduk Split
National team
1924–1926 Yugoslavia 4 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Career

Born in Kaštel Lukšić,[3] Austro-Hungary (nowadays Croatia), he played either as full-back or winger. He started his career in Hajduk Split immediately after the end of the First World War and will spend most of his playing career at Hajduk. The exception was a period of time that he worked as a customs officer in Belgrade and during that time he played with BSK Belgrade.[3] He also played one season in Czechoslovakia with Slavia Prague.[3] He finished his career in 1931.[3]

After retiring, he became the president of Hajduk Split in 1939. He headed the Hajduk delegation that, on 23 April 1944, got on board of Yugoslav Partisans armed boat "Topčider" and escaped Axis-occupied Split towards the free island of Vis. He was Hajduk president until 1945.[3] He died in Kaštel Lukšić on 14 September 1974.[3]

National team

Rodin was part of the Yugoslav football team at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[4][5] He played 4 matches for the Yugoslav national team, 3 as member of Hajduk during 1924 and one as member of BSK in 1926.[6]

Honours
Hajduk Split

References
  1. "Janko Rodin". Croatian Olympic Committee. 19 May 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
  2. Upoznajte Otakara Bohatu čiji je otac Jaroslav bio trener Hajduka prije više od 90 godina at HNK Hajduk Split official site.
  3. Janko Rodin biography at Reprezentacija.rs (in Croatian)
  4. Janko Rodin at FIFA.com
  5. Janko Rodin Archived 31 October 2013 at the Wayback Machine at sports-reference.com
  6. Janko Rodin at EU-football
Preceded by
Petar Machiedo		 President of Hajduk Split
June 1939 – August 1941
May 1944 – October 1945		 Succeeded by
Humbert Fabris

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