Đorđe Konjović
{{short description|Serbian basketball player}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|1931|01|02|df=y}}
| birth_place = Senta, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
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| nationality = Serbian
| draft_year = 1953
| career_position = Center
| career_number = 8, 3
| career_start = 1949
| career_end = 1958
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| years1 = 1949–1952
| team1 = Senta
| years2 = 1953–1957
| team2 = Crvena zvezda
| years3 = 1958
| team3 = Partizan
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As player:
- 3× Yugoslav League champion (1953–1955)
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Đorđe Konjović ({{lang-sr-cyr|Ђорђе Коњовић}}; born 2 January 1931) is a Serbian retired basketball player. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.
Playing career
During his playing career in the 1950s, Konjović was on Belgrade-based teams Crvena zvezda and Partizan of the Yugoslav Federal League and two of the biggest and most popular clubs in Serbia. He is one of eight players who recorded at least 30 points in the Crvena zvezda–Partizan derbies for both teams.{{cite web |title=Daba: Klub 30+ |url=https://kosmagazin.com/daba-klub-30/ |website=kosmagazin.com |accessdate=8 May 2020}}
Konjović won three Yugoslav Championships with the Zvezda team coached by Nebojša Popović. During this stint he played with Milan Bjegojević, Đorđe Andrijašević, Ladislav Demšar, Srđan Kalember, and Borislav Ćurčić.{{cite web |title=Košarkaška prvenstva Jugoslavije (1945-91) – drugi deo |url=http://www.strategija.org/kosarkaska-prvenstva-jugoslavije-1945-91-drugi-deo/ |website=strategija.org |accessdate=7 May 2020}}{{cite web |title=Они су стварали КК Црвена звезда – деценијa доминацијe и сви њени актери |url=http://www.mojacrvenazvezda.net/206698/2019/09/23/oni-su-stvarali-kk-crvena-zvezda-decenija-dominacije-i-svi-njeni-akteri/?sr_pismo=lat |website=mojacrvenazvezda.net |accessdate=7 May 2020}}
National team career
Konjović was a member of the Yugoslavia national team that participated at the 1954 FIBA World Championship. Over four tournament games, he averaged 1.7 points per game.{{cite web |title=Djordje Konjovic at 1954 FIBA World Championship |url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/team/p/sid/2903/tid/390/_//index.html |website=fiba.basketball |accessdate=8 May 2020}}{{dead link|date=April 2025|bot=medic}}{{cbignore|bot=medic}} In the next year, he was a member of the team that participated at the 1955 European Championship. Over eleven tournament games, he averaged 5.6 points per game.{{cite web |title=Dorde Konjovic at 1955 Eurobasket |url=https://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/64325/sid/2245/tid/390/tid2//_/1955_European_Championship_for_Men/index.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220601143825/http://archive.fiba.com/pages/eng/fa/player/p/pid/64325/sid/2245/tid/390/tid2//_/1955_European_Championship_for_Men/index.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 1, 2022 |website=fiba.basketball |accessdate=8 May 2020}}
Konjović was the first player taller than {{height|m=2|precision=0}} who played for Yugoslavia.{{cite book |last1=Taboroši |first1=Laslo |title=50 godina sportskog saveza Opštine Senta |date=2006 |publisher=Sportski Savez Opštine Senta |location=Senta |page=33 |url=http://www.senta-zentasport.rs/old/doku/50godSSOS.pdf |accessdate=8 May 2020}}
Career achievements and awards
- Yugoslav League champion: 3 (with Crvena zvezda: 1953, 1954, 1955).
Personal life
Konjović is related to painter Milan Konjović, composer Petar Konjović, industrialist Dimitrije Konjović, and {{ill|Brigitte Konjovic|fr|Brigitte Konjovic}}, a French beauty pageant and Miss France 1978.
References
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{{Crvena zvezda 1953 Yugoslav Basketball League Champions}}
{{Crvena zvezda 1954 Yugoslav Basketball League Champions}}
{{Crvena zvezda 1955 Yugoslav Basketball League Champions}}
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Category:KK Crvena zvezda players
Category:Yugoslav men's basketball players
Category:Sportspeople from Senta