Radmilo Mišović

Radmilo Mišović (Serbian Cyrillic: Радмило Мишовић; born 14 March 1943), is a Serbian former professional basketball executive, player and coach.

Radmilo Mišović
Personal information
Born (1943-03-14) 14 March 1943 (age 81)
Čačak, German-occupied Serbia
NationalitySerbian
Listed height1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Career information
NBA draft1965: undrafted
Playing career1958–1980
PositionGuard
Number11
Coaching career1967–1969
Career history
As player:
1958–1978Borac Čačak
1979–1980Železničar Čačak
As coach:
1967Borac Čačak (youth)
1969Borac Čačak
Medals
Men's basketball
Representing  Yugoslavia
Balkan Basketball Championship
Gold medal – first place1966 SofiaTeam

Playing career

A guard, Mišović spent entire playing career with his hometown teams Borac and Železničar, playing from 1958 to 1980. He is the all-time leader in points scored of the Yugoslav League, scoring 7,456 points over 280 games played. Also, he is a five-time scoring champion, winning the Yugoslav scoring title during the 1967–68, 1968–69, 1970–71, 1971–72, and 1973–74 seasons.[1][2][3][4][5][6]

National team career

In 1966, Mišović was a member of the Yugoslavia national team that won a gold medal at the Balkan Basketball Championship in Sofia, Bulgaria.[3][4]

Coaching career

Mišović was the head coach of the Borac Čačak youth system in 1967, as well as of the senior team in 1969 (player-coach). In 1969, Borac Čačak competed in the Serbian League, South Division.[6]

Post-playing career

Between 1969 and 2010, Mišović worked as an executive and administrator for KK Borac Čačak, holding numerous positions through the time, such as a director or club's president.[6]

As a member of the Party of Serbian Unity, Mišović won a seat in the National Assembly of Serbia at the 2000 Serbian parliamentary election. After the 2003 election, he retired from politics.[6] Serbia was a part of FR Yugoslavia during that period.

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