Radivoj Božić

Radivoj Božić (Serbian Cyrillic: Радивој Божић; 26 January 1912 – 1948) was a Yugoslavian international footballer. After finishing his football career he became a military pilot in the Royal Yugoslav Air Force and during the Second World War for the Yugoslav Partisans.

Radivoj Božić
Personal information
Date of birth (1912-01-26)26 January 1912
Place of birth Beška, Austro-Hungary
Date of death 1 January 1948(1948-01-01) (aged 35)
Place of death Belgrade, SFR Yugoslavia
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1930–1932 SK Jugoslavija
1932–1936 BSK Beograd
1936–1941 Vojvodina
International career
1934 Yugoslavia 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Born in Beška, Austro-Hungarian Empire (nowadays in Serbia), he started playing in SK Jugoslavija in 1930. In 1932 he moved to BSK Beograd and a year later he won the 1932–33 Yugoslav First League playing as a left-back.[1] During the late 1930s until 1941 he played with FK Vojvodina.[2]

Božić played one match in the Yugoslavia national team.[3] It was played in Athens, Greece, on 25 December 1934 in a 1934–35 Balkan Cup match against Bulgaria, a 4–3 win. Yugoslavia won the tournament that year.[1]

Honours
BSK Beograd
Yugoslavia

Military pilot

He graduated on 12 October 1938 at the Royal Yugoslav Air Force military academy and became military pilot. During Second World War he joined the air force of the Yugoslav Partisans, however he got captured by the Germans who sent him to Germany. It is not exactly known when and why he returned to Belgrade, but allegedly because of treason, he was shot by the new Yugoslav authorities in 1948.[1]

References
  1. Radivoj Božić at Reprezentacija.rs
  2. Vojvodina naša ljubav pag.5 (in Serbian)
  3. Radivoj Božić at National-Football-Teams.com


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