Alex Andjelic

{{Short description|Yugoslav ice hockey player (1940–2021)}}

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{{Infobox ice hockey player

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| position = Forward

| shoots = Left

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| played_for = HK Partizan
's-Hertogenbosch Red Eagles
Nijmegen Tigers

| ntl_team = YUG

| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes|1940|10|16}}

| birth_place = Bačka Palanka, Yugoslavia

| death_date = {{death date and age|df=y|2021|03|24|1940|10|16}}

| death_place = Belgrade, Serbia

| career_start = 1965

| career_end = 1969

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Aleksandar Anđelić (16 October 1940 – 24 March 2021) was a Serbian ice hockey coach. He coached primarily in the Netherlands and Germany, and used to coach the Serbian youth team, while working from Toronto.Interview [http://www.topsrbija.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2247:hokej-srbija&catid=318:aktuelno&Itemid=400 Aleksandar Anđelić: Hokej igra u kojoj se misli unapred]{{cite web | url=http://www.srpskatelevizija.com/index.php?option=content&task=view&id=869&Itemid= | title=Srpska Televizija USA | date=31 October 2023 }}

Born in Bačka Palanka, Andjelic played for Partizan Belgrade in Belgrade before playing in the Netherlands for clubs 's-Hertogenbosch Red Eagles in 1967–68, Nijmegen Tigers in 1968-69 [http://www.eurohockey.net/players/show_player.cgi?serial=35715]. He played over 40 times for Yugoslavia.

He played for Yugoslavia at the 1964 Winter Olympics.

He coached with a number of clubs: Nijmegen, Heerenveen Flyers, Rotterdam Panda's, Red Eagles 's-Hertogenbosch, IJHC Den Bosch and Zoetermeer Panters in the Netherlands; Schwenninger Wild Wings, Essen Moskitoes, Deggendorf, Grefrather EC, and Adler Mannheim in Germany; EHC Chur, and Rapperswil-Jona in Switzerland; NS Stars U18 in Hungary; and as a skills coach for the Toronto Maple Leafs of the National Hockey League, and Toronto Marlies of the American Hockey League.{{cite web |url=https://hockeycoachvision.com/2021/03/25/alex-andjelic/ |title=Alex Andjelic |website=hockeycoachvision.com |date=25 March 2021}} He also coached internationally for the Dutch, Yugoslavian, Serbian and Montenegrin, and Turkish men's national teams.

On March 24, 2021, it was announced in Dutch media Andjelic died in a hospital in Belgrade, after a week of being kept in a coma.[https://www.ijshockeynederland.nl/nieuws/alex-andjelic-op-80-jarige-leeftijd-overleden News of Andjelic's passing] He had also tested positive for COVID-19.{{Cite web|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1106033/serbia-ice-hockey-coach-andjelic-dies|title=Serbian ice hockey coach and Olympian Andjelic dies age 80|date=29 March 2021 }}