Dušan Radojčić
# Dušan Radojčić

Dušan Radojčić (Serbian Cyrillic: Душан Радојчић; 1931 – 5 May 1999), was a Serbian basketball player and coach. He represented the Yugoslavia national basketball team internationally.

## Playing career

Radojčić spent most of his playing career with Proleter Zrenjanin of the Yugoslav Basketball League. He played the 1952 season for a Belgrade-based team Partizan.

During his second stint with Proleter he won the National Championships in the 1956 season. Radojčić was a part of the group of players known as the Proleter's Five, which included himself, Milutin Minja, Ljubomir Katić, Lajos Engler, and Vilmos Lóczi.

## National team career

Radojčić was a member of the Yugoslavia national team that participated at the 1950 FIBA World Championship in Buenos Aires, Argentina. He played one game at the tournament and scored 2 points.

## Coaching career

Radojčić coached Zrenjanin-based teams Kombinat and Mašinac, as well as Žitište-based team Plastika.

## Career achievements and awards

* Yugoslav League champion: 1 (with Proleter Zrenjanin: 1956).
* Plaque of the Basketball Federation of Serbia (2016, posthumous)

## Personal life

Radojčić briefly played handball for the Proleter handball team in 1949. His son Dragan played basketball.

## In popular culture

* The 2016 Serbian documentary Šampioni iz pedeset i šeste (transl. The 1956 Champions) portrays Radojčić and the achievements of the Proleter basketball team in the mid 1950s and how they won the Yugoslav Championship in 1956.
