Witold Zagórski

Polish basketball player and coach

Witold Zagórski

Personal information

Born

25 September 1930
Warsaw, Poland

Died

30 June 2016 (2016-07-01) (aged 85)

Nationality

Polish

Career information

Playing career

1950–1961

Career history

1950–1960

Polonia Warszawa

1960–1961

CWKS Legia Warszawa

Career highlights and awards

As player:

2× Polish League champion (1959, 1961)

As head coach:

7× FIBA European Selection (1967–1973)

Medals

Representing Poland

Men’s Basketball
EuroBasket
	1963 Wroclaw	Team Poland
	1965 Moscow	Team Poland
	1967 Helsinki	Team Poland

Witold Edward Zagórski (25 September 1930 – 30 June 2016)^[1] was a Polish professional basketball player and coach.

Playing career

Club career

During his club playing career, Zagórski was a player of the Polish teams Polonia Warszawa (1950–1960), and CWKS Legia Warszawa (1960–1961). He won two Polish League championships, in 1959 and 1961.

Polish national team

Zagórski was a member of the senior Polish national basketball team, in 49 games (1951–1956). With Poland, he played at EuroBasket 1955.

Coaching career

Clubs

Zagórski was chosen to be the head coach of the FIBA European Selection team on 7 occasions (1967, 1968, 1969, 1970, 1971, 1972, 1973).

National team

Zagórski was the head coach the senior Polish national basketball team, (1961–1975). With Poland, he finished in 5th place at the 1967 FIBA World Championship. He also won three medals at the EuroBasket: silver (1963) and bronze (1965 and 1967).

With Zagórski as the team's head coach, Poland's senior national team also played at three Summer Olympic Games (1964 Tokyo, 1968 Mexico City, and 1972 Munich).

Personal

Zagórski died on 30 June 2016, at the age of 85.^[2]

References

^ Zmarł słynny trener koszykówki Witold Zagórski (in Polish)
^ WITOLD ZAGORSKI R.I.P

Sources

"Zagórski Witold". Internetowa encyklopedia PWN (in Polish). Retrieved 2007-06-18.
"Zagórski Witold". WIEM Encyclopedia (in Polish). Retrieved 2007-06-18.