Milovan Tasić

Serbian basketball player and actor (1947–2024)

2.14 m (7 ft 1⁄2 in)Career informationNBA draft1991: undraftedPlaying career1968–1979PositionCenterCareer history1968–1979Radnički Belgrade Career highlights and awards

Milovan Tasić (Serbian Cyrillic: Милован Тасић; 11 September 1947 – 6 June 2024) was a Serbian professional basketball player and actor.[3]

Career

Milovan Tasić, whose height was his only advantage for basketball and who struggled with movement, began playing the sport at age of 21. Recruited by the seasoned coach Slobodan Ivković to BKK Radnički, Milovan led the team to a historic victory in the 1972–73 season, clinching the Yugoslavian championship. Despite not being the favorites, they secured the title before the final round with a win over Bosnia. The following season, Radnički reached the Champions Cup[4] semi-finals but was overpowered by the Italian team Varese.[5] They played two matches: the first in Varese on March 14, 1974, ending in a 105:78[6] loss for Radnički, and the second in Belgrade on March 21, 1974, where Radnički triumphed with a score of 83:70,[7] yet it wasn't enough to advance to the final. Winning the Yugoslav Cup in 1976 was another highlight, where they bested Rabotnički from Skopje with a final score of 89:75.[8] In 1977, Radnički made it to the Cup Winners' Cup final but narrowly lost to the Italian squad Forst Canta by a single point, 87:86.[9]

BKK Radnički

The champion team of Radnički played in the composition of Dragoslav Ražnatović, Milun Marović, Miroljub Damnjanović, Dragan Ivković, Srećko Jarić, Miroslav Mile Đorđević, Dragan Vučinić, Ivan Šarac, Dušan Trivalić, Dragoljub Zmijanac, Jovica Veljović, Milovan Tasić, Dušan Zupančić and Nikola Bjegović.

Tasić spent his entire basketball career in the Radnički basketball club, where he played 200 games and scored 601 baskets.[10]

Filmography

In addition to basketball, because of his height, he also got minor film roles. His two most famous ones were "Marathonians running a lap of honor"[11][12] and "Who's singing there".[13][14]

Between 1982 and 1991, Milovan Tasić, in addition to the film Ko to tamo peva, appeared in seven more films, namely: The Marathoners Run the Circle of Honor (1982), The Secret of the Monastery Brandy (1988), Crazy Years (1988), Some Strange Land (1988), Let's Make Love 2 (1989), Vampires Are Among Us (1989)[15] and It's All Spacemen's Fault (1991).[16][17]

References

  1. ^ Milovan Tasić on sportklub
  2. ^ Preminuo košarkaš i najviši glumac Milovan Tasić Tasa (in Serbian)
  3. ^ Basketball player and top actor Milovan Tasić Tasa has passed away
  4. ^ Champions Cup 1974.
  5. ^ Radnicki vs Varese semifinal match
  6. ^ Vareze vs. Radnicki
  7. ^ Radnicki vs. Vareze
  8. ^ Radnicki vs. Rabotnicki
  9. ^ Radnicki vs Kantu
  10. ^ Statistical data in Politika.rs
  11. ^ Milovan Tasić on imdb
  12. ^ A scene from the movie Marathon runners run the lap of honor
  13. ^ Milovan Tasić on imdb - Who's singing there?
  14. ^ A scene from the movie Who's Singing There?
  15. ^ Vampires Are Among Us
  16. ^ Spacemen
  17. ^ Tasic's filmography
  • Milovan Tasić in politika (in Serbian)
  • Milovan Tasić in republika.rs (in Serbian)
  • Milovan Tasić in rts (in Serbian)
  • Dobričke novine (in Serbian)
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Radnički Beograd 1972–73 Yugoslav Basketball League Champions