Momcilo Gavrić

Momčilo Gavrić

Date of birth:	August 4, 1938(1938-08-04)
Place of birth:	Sinj, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death:	March 13, 2010(2010-03-13) (aged 71)
Place of death:	San Jose, California
Career information
Position(s):	K] defender, left back
College:	University of Belgrade
Organizations
As player:
1969	San Francisco 49ers
Playing stats at soccer DatabaseFootball.com

Momčilo "Gabbo" Gavrić (August 4, 1938 – March 13, 2010) was born in Sinj, Kingdom of Yugoslavia in 1938. He was born in a large family. Gavric aspired to play professional soccer. In 1959 he left Sinj for Beograd, and immediately, began playing with first division side OFK Beograd. He was one of the clubs best players,^{[citation needed]} and never missed a game during his nine-year spell at the club.^{[citation needed]} He had callups to the national team, but only ended up playing for the B national team. He left Yugoslavia in 1967, in order to go to the United States, and make more money. In 1967, he signed with the Oakland Clippers of the North American Soccer League. He spent two seasons with the Clippers. He won the championship with the Oakland Clippers. In 1971, he moved to the Dallas Tornado, then the San Jose Earthquakes from 1974 to 1978.^[1][2] He was also the placekicker for the San Francisco 49ers in 1969. Gavric wanted to stay in America and finish his career because life was better than in Europe.^{[citation needed]} He played for the San Jose Earthquakes in 1974. He was a player and a coach until 1976, and he continued to coach through 1978.

Gavric died March 13, 2010 of complications from Parkinson's disease.

Clubs

• NK Junak Sinj 1957-59
• OFK Belgrade 1959-67
• Oakland Clippers 1967-69
• San Francisco 49ers 1969
• Dallas Tornado 1971
• San Jose Earthquakes 1974-78

References

1. ^ [1]
2. ^ http://national.soccerhall.org/history/NASL_AllTimeCoachesRegistry.htm

External links

• NFL career statistics
• NASL career stats
• Gavric remembered

Persondata
Name	Gavric, Momcilo
Alternative names
Short description
Date of birth	August 4, 1938
Place of birth	Sinj, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	March 13, 2010
Place of death	San Jose, California