Franjo Bučar [SEP] place of death
Franjo Bučar
Franjo Bučar (25 November 1866 – 26 December 1946) was a Croatian writer and sports popularizer . He is considered to be the father of Croatian sport and olympism.
Bučar was born in Zagreb to Slovenian father and Croatian mother and educated in Zagreb, Vienna, and Stockholm. He worked on a study of Croatian literature and also wrote about Scandinavian literature. He was a prominent sports writer and wrote manuals for many types of sports. He was the popularizer and initiator of introduction of many sports in Croatia
- Coppa Italia: 1998–99
Chelsea
- FA Charity Shield: 2000
Honours International.
Croatia
- FIFA World Cup third place: 1998
Honours Individual.
- Belgian First Division Top Scorer: 1995-96
- Franjo Bučar State Award for Sport: 1998
Honours Orders.
- Order of Danica Hrvatska with face of Franjo Bučar - 1995
- Order of the Croatian Trefoil - 1998
External links.
- Mario Stanić Yugoslavia stats at Reprezentacija.rs