Janko Rodin
# Janko Rodin

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

## Career

Born in Kaštel Lukšić, 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. He also played one season in Czechoslovakia with Slavia Prague. He finished his career in 1931.

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. He died in Kaštel Lukšić on 14 September 1974.

## International career

He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a February 1924 friendly match against Austria and earned a total of 4 caps, scoring no goals (3 as member of Hajduk during 1924 and one as member of BSK in 1926). Rodin was part of the Yugoslav football team at the 1924 Summer Olympics. His final international was an October 1926 King Alexander's Cup match against Romania.

## Honours

### Hajduk Split

* Yugoslav championship: 1929
