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Alpine Skiing

  • Janica Kostelić
    Janica Kostelic
    Janica Kostelić is a retired alpine ski racer from Croatia. She is the only woman to win four gold medals in alpine skiing at the Winter Olympics , and the only woman to win three alpine skiing gold medals in one Olympics ....

     - A.S. World Cup Champion in 2001, 2003 & 2006 - (4 Olympic Golds & 2 Silvers)
  • Ivica Kostelić
    Ivica Kostelic
    Ivica Kostelić is an alpine ski racer from Zagreb, Croatia. He won the world championship in slalom in 2003 and three Olympic silver medals in slalom and combined , along with the overall World Cup title in 2011 and 18 World Cup races during his career...

     - Alpine skier, Olympic silver medalist, Current world Champion
  • Natko Zrnčić-Dim
    Natko Zrncic-Dim
    Natko Zrnčić-Dim is a Croatian alpine skier. He won a bronze medal in super combined at the FIS Alpine World Ski Championships 2009 in Val d'Isère, France. He is a member of SK Medveščak....

    - Alpine skier,
  • Dalibor Šamšal
    Dalibor Šamšal
    Dalibor Šamšal is an alpine skier from Croatia. He has represented Croatia at the 2006 Olympics and the 2010 Olympics.-External links:...

    - Alpine skier,
  • Danko Marinelli
    Danko Marinelli
    Danko Marinelli is an alpine skier from Croatia. He competed for Croatia at the 2006 Olympics and the 2010 Olympics. His best result was a 32nd in the slalom in 2010.-External links:...

    - Alpine skier,
  • Ivan Ratkić
    Ivan Ratkić
    Ivan Ratkić is a former Croatian alpine skier. He is a member of SK Medveščak. Ratkić has competed at the 2006 and 2010 Winter Olympics.- References :***...

    - Alpine skier,
  • Nika Fleiss
    Nika Fleiss
    Nika Fleiss is a former Croatian alpine skier.She lives in Samobor. Having started skiing at the age of 3, her best results are in slalom....

    - Alpine skier,
  • Ana Jelušić
    Ana Jelušic
    Ana Jelušić is a female skier from Croatia. At age 15, she was the youngest athlete competing at the 2002 Winter Olympics...

    - Alpine skier,
  • Sofija Novoselić
    Sofija Novoselic
    Sofija Novoselić is a Croatian alpine skier, member of the Croatian Alpine Ski Team. Her strongest discipline is slalom....

    - Alpine skier,
  • Antony Sumich
    Antony Sumich
    Antony Sumich, F.S.S.P. is a former international Rugby Union and Cricket player for Croatia, skiing instructor and Rugby coach, and is now a Catholic priest of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter.-Background and sport:...


Boxing

  • Željko Mavrović
    Željko Mavrovic
    Željko Mavrović is a retired male boxer from Croatia turned enterpreneur.-Background:Mavrović was born in Zagreb, in the neighbourhood Srednjaci ....

     - Fmr. European Boxing Champion
  • Mate Parlov
    Mate Parlov
    Mate Parlov was a Croatian boxer, and an Olympic gold medalist for former Yugoslavia. As a professional, he won the European light heavyweight title in 1976 and WBC light heavyweight world title in 1978....

     - Fmr. WBC & European Light Heavyweight Champion
  • George Chuvalo
    George Chuvalo
    George Louis Chuvalo, CM is a retired Canadian heavyweight boxer who was never knocked down in ninety-three professional fights between 1956 and 1979. He is often considered to have had the greatest chin in the history of boxing and to be one of its most durable fighters...

     - Fmr. Canadian Heavyweight Champion
  • Bob Mirović
    Bob Mirovic
    Bob "The Big Bear" Mirovic is an Australian boxer. Standing at 6 ft 5 in and with a reach of 80 inches, he started boxing at the age of 22 in 1987. He has fought a number of famous fighters, including Nikolai Valuev, Joe Bugner, and Frans Botha.He currently resides in Wyongah, New South...

     - 8 Times Australian Heavyweight Champion
  • Fritzie Živić
    Fritzie Zivic
    Fritzie Zivic , born as Ferdinand Henry John Zivcich , was an American boxer.-Biography:...

     (The Croat Comet) - Fmr. World Welterweight Champion
  • Stjepan Božić
    Stjepan Božić
    Stjepan Božić is a Croatian super middleweight boxer.He won the title of WBF world champion on June 6, 2005 fighting against Australian Nader Hamdan. He successfully defended the title on December 2 in the same year versus Argentinian Julio Vasquez.He won the WBA intercontinental title versus ...

     - WBF Super Middleweight Champion
  • Stipe Drviš
    Stipe Drviš
    Stipe Drews, birth name Stipe Drviš , is a Croatian professional boxer. He lost the WBA's version of the World light heavyweight championship title to Australian Danny Green on the 16th of December 2007.- Amateur career :...

     - World Light Heavyweight Boxing Champion
  • Mario Preskar
    Mario Preskar
    Mario Preskar is a Croatian professional heavyweight boxer. He trains at Leonardo Boxing Gym in Zagreb with his trainer Leonard Pijetraj.- Amateur career :...


Chess

  • Braslav Rabar
    Braslav Rabar
    Braslav Rabar was a Croatian chess International Master and chess writer. He was Yugoslav champion in 1951, and in 1953 again tied for the tournament lead, but lost a playoff match. He played for Yugoslavia in three chess Olympiads , winning a total of five medals...

  • Petar Trifunović
    Petar Trifunovic
    Dr. Petar Trifunović was an International Grandmaster and Serbian Champion of chess...

  • Vladimir Vuković
    Vladimir Vukovic
    Vladimir Vuković was a Croatian chess writer, theoretician, player, arbiter, and journalist.His tournament record includes the following achievements:* 3rd at Celje 1921, behind Stefan Erdélyi and Imre König...

  • Ivan Morović
    Iván Morovic
    Iván Eduardo Morović Fernández is a Chilean chess player and an International Grandmaster of Croatian origin. He often has been the best Latin American chess player....

     - Chilean Chess player, International Grandmaster (Best Latin American chess player)
  • Zdenko Kožul
    Zdenko Kožul
    Zdenko Kožul is a Croatian chess grandmaster and was the 2006 European champion.-Chess career:Kožul was born in the north-western Bosnian town of Bihać, . He was awarded the grandmaster title by FIDE in 1989. In 1989 and 1990, Kozul won consecutive Yugoslavian championships...

  • Ivan Šarić
    Ivan Šaric (chess player)
    Ivan Šarić is a Croatian chess Grandmaster. He is the 2007 U18 European Youth Chess Champion and the 2008 U18 World Youth Chess Champion. In 2011 he tied for 2nd-7th with Julio Granda, Aleksander Delchev, Maxim Turov, Pablo Almagro Llamas and Mihail Marin the 31st Villa de Benasque Open.-External...

     - Croatia
    Croatia
    Croatia , officially the Republic of Croatia , is a unitary democratic parliamentary republic in Europe at the crossroads of the Mitteleuropa, the Balkans, and the Mediterranean. Its capital and largest city is Zagreb. The country is divided into 20 counties and the city of Zagreb. Croatia covers ...

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    Chess
    Chess is a two-player board game played on a chessboard, a square-checkered board with 64 squares arranged in an eight-by-eight grid. It is one of the world's most popular games, played by millions of people worldwide at home, in clubs, online, by correspondence, and in tournaments.Each player...

     Grandmaster, European Youth Chess Champion
    European Youth Chess Championship
    Since 1991, the European chess union organises the European Youth Chess Championship in the groups under 10, 12, 14, 16 and 18 year. Until 2002, there was also a tournament for the under 20, see European Junior Chess Championship.-Boys winners:...


MMA

  • Pat Miletich
    Pat Miletich
    Patrick Jay Miletich is a retired American mixed martial artist and a current sports commentator. He is known for his fights in the Ultimate Fighting Championship, where he became the first UFC Welterweight Champion and UFC 16 tournament champion....

     (The Croatian Sensation) - Fmr. UFC Champion
  • Elvis Šinošić
    Elvis Sinosic
    Elvis Sinosic is a retired Australian professional mixed martial artist.-Biography:Born in Canberra, Elvis Sinosic now resides in Sydney, where he practises his martial arts training. Elvis was born to Croatian parents and is proud of his Croatian heritage...

     - Croatian- Australian Mixed Martial Artist (UFC)
  • Mirko Filipović
    Mirko Filipovic
    Mirko Filipović is a former Croatian heavyweight kickboxer, mixed martial artist, politician, and law enforcement officer. Filipović was a member of the Croatian Parliament from 2003 through 2007...

     (Cro Cop) - Mixed Martial Artist
  • Branko Cikatić
    Branko Cikatic
    Branko "The Croatian Tiger" Cikatić is a Croatian former heavyweight kickboxer, the first Croatian born fighter to achieve international success...

     - First K-1 Grand Prix Winner
  • Stefan Leko
    Stefan Leko
    Stefan "Blitz" Leko is a German-Croatian heavyweight kickboxer. He is former Muay Thai world heavyweight champion and Kickboxing world super-heavyweight champion, K-1 European Grand Prix 1998 champion, 1999 K-1 Dream champion and two time K-1 World Grand Prix in Las Vegas tournament champion...

     -Croatian heritage. German K1 Kickboxer
  • Goran Reljić
    Goran Reljic
    Goran Reljić is a Croatian professional mixed martial artist. Reljić was recently released from the Ultimate Fighting Championship after fighting in their middleweight and light heavyweight divisions.-Mixed martial arts career:...

     - UFC Mixed Martial Artist
  • Zelg Galešić
    Zelg Galesic
    Zelg Galešić is a Croatian mixed martial artist, currently fighting in Bellator Fighting Championships. He has previously fought in Cage Rage, PRIDE, DREAM, and Hero's...

     - UFC Mixed Martial Artist

Motorsport

  • Robbie Frančević
    Robbie Francevic
    Robert James Francevic, was a touring car racing driver in New Zealand and Australia in the 1970s and 1980s...

     - NZ Touring car race driver
  • Paul Radisich
    Paul Radisich
    Paul Radisich is a New Zealand racing driver of Croat origin. He has competed in saloon cars for many years - both European-style tourers and the V8 Supercars of Australia and New Zealand.-Early years:...

     - NZ Racing car driver (Son of Frank Radisich)
  • Gary Gabelich
    Gary Gabelich
    Gary Gabelich was a Croatian-American race car driver who set the land speed record with his rocket-powered vehicle "Blue Flame" on October 23, 1970, achieving an average speed of . Only 13,000 lbs. s.t...

     - American automobile-racing driver

Swimming

  • Duje Draganja
    Duje Draganja
    Duje Draganja |Split]]) is a swimmer from Croatia who won the silver medal in the men's 50 meter freestyle at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece....

  • Gordan Kožulj
    Gordan Kožulj
    Gordan Kožulj is a former backstroke swimmer from Croatia, who competed in four consecutive Summer Olympics for his native country, starting in 1996....

  • Miloš Milošević
    Miloš Miloševic
    Miloš Milošević is a swimmer from Croatia. His best swimming discipline was butterfly stroke, but he also competed in freestyle and backstroke....

  • Đurđica Bjedov
  • Sanja Jovanović
    Sanja Jovanovic
    Sanja Jovanović is a female backstroke swimmer from Croatia, who made her Olympic debut for her native country at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Greece. There she competed in the 100 m and 200 m backstroke, where she finished in 17th and 13th position...


Table tennis

  • Zoran Primorac
    Zoran Primorac
    Zoran Primorac is an accomplished male table tennis player from Croatia. He is considered to be among the best European players in the last 25 years .-Biography:Primorac was born in Zadar and started playing...

  • Dragutin Šurbek
    Dragutin Šurbek
    Dragutin Šurbek is a legendary former table tennis player from Croatia. He is one of the most successful Croatian table tennis players ever....

  • Antun Stipančić
    Antun Stipancic
    Antun "Tova" Stipančić was a top Croatian professional table tennis player and one of the most renowned personalities in the history of the competition, earning him the nickname "the golden left hand of Croatian sport"...

  • Tamara Boroš
    Tamara Boroš
    Tamara Boroš is a female table tennis player competing for Croatia. She has been one of the relatively rare European players who competes at the highest level of the sport together with the players from Far East....



Tennis

  • Goran Ivanišević
    Goran Ivaniševic
    Goran Ivanišević is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He is best remembered for being the only person to win the men's singles title at Wimbledon as a wildcard. He achieved this in 2001, having previously been runner-up at the championships in 1992, 1994 and 1998. Ivanišević is famous...

  • Marin Čilić
    Marin Cilic
    Marin Čilić , is a Croatian professional tennis player. His career high ATP ranking is no. 9, achieved on 22 February 2010, following his best-ever performance at a Grand Slam, reaching the semi-finals in the 2010 Australian Open...

  • Ivan Ljubičić
    Ivan Ljubicic
    ----Ivan Ljubičić is a Croatian tennis player born in Bosnia and Herzegovina . His career-high ATP ranking to date has been no. 3, and he stands at no. 37....

  • Mario Ančić
    Mario Ancic
    Mario Ančić is a retired Croatian professional tennis player. He won three singles titles and five doubles titles. His highest international ranking came during the 2006 ATP Tour, when he reached no. 7 in singles...

  • Ivo Karlović
    Ivo Karlovic
    Ivo Karlović is a Croatian tennis player. He has won four ATP singles titles: three in 2007 and one in 2008. Karlović is the tallest player ever on the ATP Tour at 208 cm . He is a serve-and-volleyer, Karlovic holds the fastest serve recorded in professional tennis, measured at 251 km/h ...

  • Iva Majoli
    Iva Majoli
    Iva Majoli Marić is a former professional tennis player from Croatia. She upset Martina Hingis to win the women's singles title at the French Open in 1997. Majoli also won eight singles titles and one women's doubles title during her career.-Career:Majoli turned professional in 1991 at the age...

  • Nikola Pilić
    Nikola Pilic
    Nikola "Niki" Pilić is a retired Croatian professional tennis player who competed for SFR Yugoslavia. He was one of the Handsome Eight.-Biography:...

  • Željko Franulović
    Željko Franulovic
    Željko Franulović is a former Croatian tennis player who competed for Yugoslavia, best remembered for reaching the final of the French Open in 1970 where he lost against Czech Jan Kodeš in straight sets...


Wrestling

  • Jerry Sags
    Jerry Sags
    Jerome Saganovich is an American professional wrestler best known as Jerry Sags. He is one half of the tag team The Nasty Boys along with Brian Knobbs.-Career:...

  • Josip Peruzović
    Nikolai Volkoff
    Josip Nikolai Peruzović , better known by his ring name of Nikolai Volkoff, is a professional wrestler who is best known for his performances for the World Wrestling Federation...

  • Stan Stasiak
    Stan Stasiak
    George Stipich , better known by his ring name Stan Stasiak, was a Canadian professional wrestler and fifth World Wide Wrestling Federation Champion. He is the father of professional wrestler Shawn Stasiak.-Career:...

  • Shawn Stasiak
    Shawn Stasiak
    Dr. Shawn Emile Stipich, DC, is an American chiropractor and former professional wrestler. He is best known under the ring name Shawn Stasiak and for his stints with World Wrestling Federation / Entertainment, where he is a fifteen time Hardcore Champion, and World Championship Wrestling, where he...

  • Hugo Savinovich
    Hugo Savinovich
    Hugo Savinovich is a former Ecuadorian professional wrestler, formerly employed with WWE, where he was one half of the Spanish announce team for the company's TV shows and pay-per-view events. He was a color commentator and partner of Carlos Cabrera and occasionally Marcelo Rodríguez. When he...

  • Victor Jovica
    Victor Jovica
    Victor Jovica is a Croatian-born professional wrestler and promoter. Along with Carlos Colón, he is the co-founder and promoter of Capitol Sports Promotions, now known as the World Wrestling Council , which, since the 1970s, has been the dominant promotion on the island of Puerto Rico.-Professional...


Football

1998 FIFA World Cup
1998 FIFA World Cup
The 1998 FIFA World Cup, the 16th FIFA World Cup, was held in France from 10 June to 12 July 1998. France was chosen as host nation by FIFA on 2 July 1992. The tournament was won by France, who beat Brazil 3-0 in the final...

 bronze medalists:
  • Davor Šuker
    Davor Šuker
    Davor Šuker , is a retired Croatian footballer. He played as a striker for a number of European clubs as well as the Croatian national team, where he is the all-time top goal scorer with 45 goals....

     - 1998 Golden Boot winner
  • Robert Prosinečki
    Robert Prosinecki
    Robert Prosinečki is a Croatian football manager and former football midfielder. Prosinečki is regarded by many as the player with best technique that ever played in and for Croatia. Former national squad teammate Zvonimir Boban, humbly, also agreed with this. His dribbling is considered...

  • Alen Bokšić
    Alen Bokšic
    Alen Bokšić is a former football attacker from Croatia. He was a renowned forward known for his technique.-Career:Bokšić was born in Makarska and started his career in the club Zmaj from Makarska. As a young player he moved to Hajduk Split and was introduced into the first team . With Hajduk, he...

  • Zvonimir Boban
    Zvonimir Boban
    Zvonimir Boban is a Croatian former football midfielder who played most of his professional career for Serie A club Milan, with whom he won four Serie A titles and the Champions League. He was a member of the Croatia national team which attained third place at the 1998 FIFA World Cup, with Boban...

  • Aljoša Asanović
    Aljoša Asanovic
    Aljoša Asanović is a retired Croatian soccer player best known from his performances in the mid-to-late 90's when he played for Derby County and for Croatia during Euro 96 and World Cup 98...

  • Goran Vlaović
    Goran Vlaovic
    Goran Vlaović is a former Croatian football striker.-Club career:Vlaović started his professional career with Osijek in 1989 and moved to Dinamo Zagreb in 1992, before going abroad to play for Calcio Padova in Italy, Valencia in Spain and Panathinaikos in Greece, where he retired in June 2004...

  • Mario Stanić
    Mario Stanic
    Mario Stanić is a former Croatian football midfielder.-Career:He started his career with Željezničar Sarajevo. He was considered to be one of the most talented young players in former Yugoslavia. In 1992, war began and he went to Croatia, where he played for Dinamo Zagreb...

  • Igor Štimac
    Igor Štimac
    Igor Štimac is a retired Croatian football player. He is now a football agent and a manager...

  • Slaven Bilić
    Slaven Bilic
    Slaven Bilić is a former Croatian footballer and current head coach of the Croatia national team. His playing tenure predominantly comprised extended vocations in his hometown with Hajduk Split and a combination of foreign spells in Germany and England...

  • Robert Jarni
    Robert Jarni
    Robert Jarni is a retired Croatian footballer who played as left winger or wingback. He is now a manager, but is currently without a club after resigning from his managerial post at Istra 1961 in September 2010....

  • Dražen Ladić
    Dražen Ladic
    Dražen Ladić is a former Croatian football goalkeeper. Between 2006 and 2011 he was the head coach of the Croatian national under-21 team.-Club:...

  • Miroslav Blažević
    Miroslav Blaževic
    Miroslav "Ćiro" Blažević is a Bosnian Croat football manager. He is the current head coach of Mes Kerman in Iran Pro League....

     - Head coach


current players:
  • Eduardo
    Eduardo
    Eduardo is the Portuguese and Spanish form of the male given name Edward. It may refer to:In association football:* Eduardo da Silva, Brazilian-born Croatian football who currently plays for Shakhtar Donetsk....

  • Vedran Ćorluka
    Vedran Corluka
    Vedran Ćorluka is a Croatian footballer who plays for Premier League club Tottenham Hotspur as a defender. He is also a part of the Croatia national team...

  • Luka Modrić
    Luka Modric
    Luka Modrić is a Croatian footballer who plays for Tottenham Hotspur and for the Croatia national football team.Modrić's childhood coincided with the Croatian War of Independence. After showing promise in hometown club Zadar's youth team, he was signed by Dinamo Zagreb as a teenager in 2002. His...

  • Ivica Olić
    Ivica Olic
    Ivica Olić is a Croatian professional footballer who plays for Bayern Munich in Germany and internationally for the Croatian national team.- Early career :Olić was born and raised in the village of Davor near Nova Gradiška, Croatia, Yugoslavia...

  • Darijo Srna
    Darijo Srna
    Darijo Srna is a Croatian footballer who plays for Shakhtar Donetsk as a captain and is also the captain of the Croatian national team.-Club career:Srna's talent was seen by many scouts in Croatia while he was young...

  • Niko Kranjčar
    Niko Kranjcar
    Niko Kranjčar is a Croatian footballer who plays as a midfielder for Tottenham Hotspur and the Croatia national team.He represented two of the biggest clubs in his homeland, playing for Dinamo Zagreb before sparking controversy by making a move to their fierce rivals Hajduk Split in 2005...

  • Josip Šimunić
    Josip Šimunic
    Josip Šimunić is a Croatian footballer who plays as a defender for Dinamo Zagreb and the Croatian national team.-Club career:...

  • Ivica Križanac
    Ivica Križanac
    Ivica Križanac is a Croatian football defender who currently plays for RNK Split.He previously played for Górnik Zabrze of Poland where he became one of Polish league's best players. Since joining FC Zenit Saint Petersburg Ivica has been a major player. He is a consistent player...

  • Danijel Pranjić
    Danijel Pranjic
    Danijel Pranjić is a Croatian footballer who currently plays for German club Bayern Munich.-Club career:Pranjić started his career at Papuk. He played for NAŠK, Papuk, Belišće, and Osijek before making his move to a bigger stage at Dinamo Zagreb in 2004...

  • Dario Šimić
    Dario Šimic
    Dario Šimić is a retired Croatian football player. Šimić was a versatile defender who played as full-back, sweeper or centre back. A product of Dinamo Zagreb Academy, he later played for Serie A sides Inter Milan and AC Milan and Ligue 1 side Monaco, before returning to Dinamo Zagreb in 2010,...

  • Niko Kovač
    Niko Kovac
    Niko Kovač is a former Croatian footballer who last played as a midfielder for Red Bull Salzburg. He was the long-standing captain of Croatia before retiring from international football in January 2009...

  • Robert Kovač
    Robert Kovac
    Robert Kovač is a retired Croatian football defender.- Early career :Kovač started his career in lower league clubs Rapide Wedding and Hertha Zehlendorf before making his Bundesliga debut with 1. FC Nuremberg in 1995...

  • Ivan Klasnić
    Ivan Klasnic
    Ivan Klasnić is a Croatian footballer who plays for Bolton Wanderers of the Premier League. He is a Croatian international. In 2007, Klasnić underwent a kidney transplant, and became the first player to participate in a major tournament after a transplant.-St. Pauli:Klasnić started his...



former players:
  • Dado Pršo
    Dado Pršo
    Miladin "Dado" Pršo is a Croatian former professional footballer who played as a striker.Pršo played for seven different teams and made over 300 league appearances as a professional...

  • Dražan Jerković - Golden Boot winner at the 1962 EURO & 1966 WC
  • Josip Skoblar
    Josip Skoblar
    Josip "Joško" Skoblar is a Croatian former football player and manager. He was primarily a forward, and also capable of playing on both wings.-Club:...

     - European Golden Boot, 1971
  • Ico Hitrec
    Ico Hitrec
    Ivan 'Ico' Hitrec is widely considered as the greatest Croatian football player before World War II.The centre-forward became a legend after scoring twice against then famous Spanish keeper Ricardo Zamora during the first night game in Zagreb between Zagreb and Madrid in 1933...

  • Zlatko Cajkovski
  • Zlatko Vujović
    Zlatko Vujovic
    Zlatko Vujović is a retired Bosnian Croat footballer who played as a striker....


American Football
American football
American football is a sport played between two teams of eleven with the objective of scoring points by advancing the ball into the opposing team's end zone. Known in the United States simply as football, it may also be referred to informally as gridiron football. The ball can be advanced by...

  • Bill Belichick
    Bill Belichick
    William Stephen "Bill" Belichick is an American football head coach for the New England Patriots of the National Football League. After spending his first 15 seasons in the league as an assistant coach, Belichick got his first head coaching job with the Cleveland Browns in 1991...

     - NFL Coach
  • Nick Saban
    Nick Saban
    Nicholas Lou "Nick" Saban is the head coach of the University of Alabama's Crimson Tide football team. Saban has previously served as head coach of the National Football League's Miami Dolphins and three other NCAA universities: LSU, Michigan State and Toledo...

     - NFL Coach
  • Brian Billick
    Brian Billick
    Brian Harold Billick is a National Football League game analyst for Fox, and is also an analyst for the network's Bowl Championship Series coverage. He was previously an NFL coach, most recently with the Baltimore Ravens from January 19, 1999 to December 31, 2007...

     - NFL Coach
  • Steve Belichick
    Steve Belichick
    -External links:...

     - Fmr. NFL player & coach
  • David Diehl
    David Diehl
    David Diehl is an American football offensive guard with the New York Giants of the National Football League and is one of only two offensive lineman who entered the NFL in 2003 to start all 80 regular season games through the end of the 2008 season....

     - NFL player
  • John Jurkovic
    John Jurkovic
    Ivan "John" Jurkovic is a retired American football player currently employed as a broadcaster. He grew up in Calumet City, Illinois....

     - Fmr. NFL player
  • Joe Kuharich
    Joe Kuharich
    Joseph Lawrence Kuharich was an American football player and coach. He served as the head football coach at the University of San Francisco from 1948 to 1951 and at the University of Notre Dame from 1959 to 1962, compiling a career college football record of 43–37...

     - Fmr. NFL Coach
  • Tony Mandarich
    Tony Mandarich
    Ante Josip "Tony" Mandarich is a former football offensive lineman of the NFL. He was the first round draft pick of the Green Bay Packers in 1989, second overall behind quarterback Troy Aikman, and ahead of the third selection, running back Barry Sanders, the fourth selection, linebacker Derrick...

     - Fmr. NFL player
  • Frank Sinkwich
    Frank Sinkwich
    Frank Francis Sinkwich Sr. won the 1942 Heisman Trophy as a player for the University of Georgia, making him the first recipient from the Southeastern Conference. In the course of a brief but celebrated career in professional football, Sinkwich was selected for the National Football League Most...

     - Fmr. NFL player, 1942 winner of the Heisman Trophy
  • Chris Zorich
    Chris Zorich
    Christopher Robert Zorich is a former American football defensive tackle in the National Football League for the Chicago Bears and Washington Redskins.-Early life:...

     - Fmr. NFL player (African-American father, Croatian mother)
  • Elvis Grbac
    Elvis Grbac
    Elvis M. Grbac is a retired American football quarterback who played in the NFL. During his career he was a starting quarterback for the San Francisco 49ers, the Kansas City Chiefs, and Baltimore Ravens...

     - Fmr. NFL player

Australian rules football
Australian rules football
Australian rules football, officially known as Australian football, also called football, Aussie rules or footy is a sport played between two teams of 22 players on either...

  • Brent Grgic
    Brent Grgic
    Brent Grgic is a former Australian rules footballer who played five seasons for Melbourne, before playing two seasons for Geelong in the Australian Football League .-External links:...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Peter Sumich
    Peter Sumich
    Peter Lori Sumich is a former Australian rules footballer who played for in the West Australian Football League and the West Coast Eagles in the Victorian Football League/Australian Football League...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Adrian Barich
    Adrian Barich
    Adrian "Barra" Barich is a sports presenter for television and radio, and a former Australian rules footballer and rugby league player...

     - Australian rules footballer and Rugby League player
  • Alan Didak
    Alan Didak
    Alan Didak is a professional Australian rules footballer of Croatian descent playing for the Collingwood Football Club in the Australian Football League.- Early life :...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Matthew Pavlich
    Matthew Pavlich
    Matthew Pavlich is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing with the Fremantle Football Club in the Australian Football League ....

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Allen Jakovich
    Allen Jakovich
    Allen Jakovich is an Australian rules football player. Jakovich was a prolific full forward and is notable for kicking 208 goals in his 54 Australian Football League matches, an average of 3.85 per game, for Melbourne and Footscray...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Glen Jakovich
    Glen Jakovich
    Glen Jakovich is a former Australian rules footballer for the West Coast Eagles.Glen was recruited from South Fremantle in Western Australia and debuted in 1991 and played most of his career at the Centre Half Back position, in the number 27 gernsey...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Darren Gaspar
    Darren Gaspar
    Darren Gaspar is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League .-Sydney Swans career :...

     - #1 pick in 1993
  • Travis Gaspar
    Travis Gaspar
    Travis Gaspar is a former Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League.He was recruited as the number 14 draft pick in the 1999 AFL Draft from South Fremantle...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Ivan Maric
    Ivan Maric
    Ivan Maric is an Australian rules football player of Croatian descent in the Australian Football League and was the number 20 of the Adelaide Crows Football Club. He currently plays for the Richmond Football Club.- Early career :...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Craig Starcevich
    Craig Starcevich
    Craig Starcevich is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL and currently a fitness trainer.He was recruited from East Perth whom he played 37 games for after he won the 1986 F. D. Book Medal for being judged their best and fairest player...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Marc Dragicevic
    Marc Dragicevic
    Marc Dragicevic is an Australian rules footballer who played for Richmond Football Club in the Australian Football League .Originally from north Geelong, Dragicevic played for Geelong Falcons before being drafted by Richmond....

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Ilija Grgic
    Ilija Grgic
    Ilija Grgic is a former Australian rules footballer who played with Footscray, the West Coast Eagles and Essendon in the Australian Football League during the 1990s....

     - Australian rules footballer
  • John Gerovich
    John Gerovich
    John Gerovich is a former Australian rules footballer who played with South Fremantle in the WAFL during the 1950s and 1960s. Gerovich was a key position forward, best known for high flying marks and his prolific goalkicking...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Steven Salopek
    Steven Salopek
    Steven Salopek is an Australian rules footballer of Croatian descent. Originally from Narre Warren Football Club in Melbourne's south-east, he played for the Dandenong Stingrays in the 2002 TAC Cup before being drafted to AFL club Port Adelaide.-Port Adelaide career:Salopek wore number 31 for club...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Jacob Surjan
    Jacob Surjan
    Jacob Adam Surjan is an Australian rules footballer of Croatian descent and current player of the Port Adelaide Football Club.-Early career:...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Judd Lalich
    Judd Lalich
    Judd Lalich is a former Australian rules footballer with the Essendon Football Club. He was recruited from East Perth.-External links:*...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Jon Dorotich
    Jon Dorotich
    Jon Dorotich is a former Australian rules footballer who played for South Fremantle and Carlton during the 1980s and 1990s.Known as "Doro" he moved to Carlton in 1986 where he played in the grand final in his first season against Hawthorn...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Val Perovic
    Val Perovic
    Val Perovic is a former Australian rules footballer who played with St Kilda and Carlton in the VFL.Despite starting his career as a wingman, Perovic played mostly as a defender and was a centre half back when he first represented Victoria in 1978. After 77 games with St Kilda during the 1970s he...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Tony Begovich
    Tony Begovich
    Anthony "Tony" Begovich is a former Australian rules footballer who played with the West Coast Eagles and the Sydney Swans in the Australian Football League during the early 1990s....

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Gavin Crosisca
    Gavin Crosisca
    Gavin Crosisca is a former Australian rules footballer in the VFL/AFL.Debuting in the VFL 1987 with the Collingwood Football Club, Crosisca was recruited from Western Districts Australian Football Club in Queensland...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Ray Gabelich
    Ray Gabelich
    Ray Gabelich was an Australian rules footballer who played with Collingwood in the Victorian Football League .He came to Collingwood from Western Australia as a centre half-forward in 1954 too late to be listed...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • George Grljusich
    George Grljusich
    George Ned Grljusich was a sports journalist, commentator and former Australian rules footballer from Western Australia.-Education:...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Addam Maric
    Addam Maric
    Addam Maric is a professional Australian rules footballer currently playing for the Melbourne Demons in the Australian Football League ....

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Lazar Vidovic
    Lazar Vidovic
    Lazar Vidovic is a former Australian rules footballer.He was recruited from Castlemaine, Victoria and debuted in 1989 with the St Kilda Football Club...

     - Australian rules footballer
  • Nick Suban - Australian rules footballer
  • Lukas Markovic
    Lukas Markovic
    Lukas Markovic is an Australian rules footballer in the Australian Football League for the Western Bulldogs.Originally selected pick 19 in the 2006 Rookie Draft by Hawthorn, Markovic spent 2 years on the clubs list, his 2007 season was curtailed by a broken ankle, before being delisted at the end...

     - Australian rules footballer

Baseball

  • Roger Maris
    Roger Maris
    Roger Eugene Maris was an American Major League Baseball right fielder. During the 1961 season, he hit a record 61 home runs for the New York Yankees, breaking Babe Ruth's single-season record of 60 home runs...

     - Baseball Legend
  • Ed Jurak
    Ed Jurak
    Edward James Jurak is an American retired baseball player. He played in Major League Baseball from 1982 through 1989. He played for the Boston Red Sox from 1982 to 1985, the Oakland Athletics in 1988, and the San Francisco Giants in 1989...

     - Baseball player
  • Johnny Pesky
    Johnny Pesky
    John Michael Pesky , nicknamed "The Needle" and "Mr. Red Sox", was a Major League Baseball shortstop, third baseman, and manager. During a 10-year career, he played in 1942 and from 1946-1954 for three different teams. He missed all of the 1943, 1944, and 1945 seasons while serving in World War...

     - Baseball player
  • Mickey Lolich
    Mickey Lolich
    Michael Stephen Lolich is a former Major League Baseball pitcher from 1962 until 1979 who played the majority of his career with the Detroit Tigers.-Baseball career:...

     - Baseball player
  • Paul Spoljaric
    Paul Spoljaric
    Paul Nikola Spoljaric is a former left-handed pitcher in Major League Baseball who last played in the major leagues for the Kansas City Royals in ....

     - Baseball player
  • Erv Palica
    Erv Palica
    Erv Palica was a pitcher in Major League Baseball. He pitched from 1947-1956 with the Brooklyn Dodgers and Baltimore Orioles. He appeared in the 1949 World Series for the Dodgers.From 1952-53, Palica served in the militaty during the Korean War.-External links:* at Find a Grave...

     (Pavlicevich) - Baseball player

Basketball

  • John Abramovic
    John Abramovic
    John "Brooms" Abramovic Jr. was an American professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball Association....

     - Fmr. NBA player
  • Andrew Bogut
    Andrew Bogut
    Andrew Michael Bogut is an Australian professional basketball player. He plays for the Milwaukee Bucks of the United States' National Basketball Association....

     - Australian NBA player, drafted 1st overall in 2005
    2005 NBA Draft
    The 2005 NBA Draft took place on June 28, 2005 in the Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City. In this draft, NBA teams took turns selecting amateur college basketball players and other first-time eligible players, such as players from high schools and non-North American leagues...

     (both parents Croatian)
  • Dražen Petrović
    Dražen Petrovic
    Dražen Petrović was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s before joining the American NBA in 1989...

     - NBA Hall of Famer
  • Dražen Dalipagić
    Dražen Dalipagic
    Dražen Dalipagić , born in Mostar, SR Bosnia and Herzegovina, SFR Yugoslavia) is a retired Yugoslavian basketball player. He was enshrined as a player in the FIBA Hall of Fame in 2007.-Yugoslavian national team:...

     - NBA Hall of Famer
  • Krešimir Ćosić
    Krešimir Cosic
    Krešimir Ćosić was a Croatian professional basketball player who represented Yugoslavia internationally, a member of FIBA Hall of Fame and Basketball Hall of Fame...

     - NBA Hall of Famer
  • Frank Drmic
    Frank Drmic
    Frank Drmic is an Australian professional basketball player.-Playing career:Frank Drmic's career began in the Australian National Basketball League - NBL in 1996, playing with the NBL South East Melbourne Magic. In his rookie season with the NBL South East Melbourne Magic, they won the National...

     - Australian basketball player
  • Gordan Giriček
    Gordan Giricek
    Gordan Giriček is a Croatian professional basketball player who is currently playing for Cibona Zagreb. Previously, he played in the NBA for the Memphis Grizzlies, Orlando Magic, Utah Jazz, Philadelphia 76ers, and the Phoenix Suns...

     - NBA player
  • Vinko Jelovac
    Vinko Jelovac
    Vinko Jelovac , is a former Croatian basketball player and coach.A long time KK Olimpija player, Jelovac competed at 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics with Yugoslav basketball team. He also competed at World basketball Championships. Jelovac was named Slovenian Sportsman of the year in 1973 and 1974.-...

     - basketball player
  • Mario Kasun
    Mario Kasun
    Mario Kasun is a Croatian professional basketball player. Currently he is a member of Croatian club KK Zagreb.-Pro career:...

     - NBA player
  • Toni Kukoč
    Toni Kukoc
    Toni Kukoč is a retired Croatian professional basketball player. He was renowned for his versatility and passing ability; although his natural position was small forward, he played all five positions on the court with prowess and demonstrated court vision and an outside shooting touch that were...

     - NBA player (NBA Sixth Man of the Year, 1995-1996 season)
  • Jack Marin
    Jack Marin
    John Warren "Jack" Marin is a retired American professional basketball player. A 201 cm guard/forward from Duke University, Marin was named to the 1967 NBA All-Rookie Team and spent 11 seasons in the NBA , playing for the Baltimore Bullets, Houston Rockets, Buffalo Braves and Chicago Bulls...

     - Fmr. American NBA Star
  • Kevin McHale
    Kevin McHale
    Kevin Edward McHale is a retired American professional basketball player and current head coach of the Houston Rockets. After his playing career, he worked for the Minnesota Timberwolves as the team's general manager and later its coach. He was fired as coach in June 2009...

     - NBA Hall of Famer (Croatian mother)
  • George Mikan
    George Mikan
    George Lawrence Mikan, Jr. , nicknamed Mr. Basketball, was an American professional basketball player for the Chicago American Gears of the National Basketball League and the Minneapolis Lakers of the NBL, the Basketball Association of America and the National Basketball Association...

     - NBA Hall of Famer
  • Dražen Petrović
    Dražen Petrovic
    Dražen Petrović was a Yugoslav and Croatian professional basketball player. A shooting guard, he initially achieved success playing professional basketball in Europe in the 1980s before joining the American NBA in 1989...

     - NBA Hall of Famer
  • Zoran Planinić
    Zoran Planinic
    Zoran Planinić is a Croatian professional basketball player. He is currently a member of the Euroleague club BC Khimki...

     - NBA player
  • Dino Rađa - Fmr. NBA player
  • Dalibor Bagarić
    Dalibor Bagaric
    Dalibor Bagarić is a Croatian professional basketball player who formerly played for the NBA's Chicago Bulls from 2000 to 2003...

     - Fmr. NBA player
  • Bruno Šundov
    Bruno Šundov
    Bruno Šundov is a Croatian professional basketball player, currently playing for PBC Lukoil Academic. He is a 2.21 m and 122 kg center...

     - Fmr. NBA player
  • Žan Tabak
    Žan Tabak
    Žan Tabak is a retired Croatian professional basketball player. His basketball career, spanning twenty years, was marked by several notable achievements, despite injuries....

     - Fmr. NBA player
  • Rudy Tomjanovich
    Rudy Tomjanovich
    Rudolph Tomjanovich, Jr. , nicknamed Rudy T., is an American retired basketball player and coach who coached the Houston Rockets to two consecutive NBA championships. He is currently a scout for the Los Angeles Lakers.-Early life:...

     - Fmr. NBA player and coach, No.2 pick in 1970 NBA Draft
    1970 NBA Draft
    The 1970 NBA Draft was the 24th annual draft of the National Basketball Association . The draft was held on March 23, 1970 before the 1970–71 season. In this draft, 17 NBA teams took turns selecting amateur U.S. college basketball players and other eligible players, including international players...

  • Andy Tonkovich
    Andy Tonkovich
    Andrew Edward "Andy" Tonkovich was selected first in the 1948 NBA draft by the Providence Steamrollers. He attended Marshall College.-External links:*...

     - 1948 first NBA pick
  • Roko Ukic - Current NBA player, No. 41 pick in 2005 NBA Draft
    2005 NBA Draft
    The 2005 NBA Draft took place on June 28, 2005 in the Theatre at Madison Square Garden in New York City. In this draft, NBA teams took turns selecting amateur college basketball players and other first-time eligible players, such as players from high schools and non-North American leagues...

  • Andrew Vlahov
    Andrew Vlahov
    Andrew Mitchell Vlahov is a retired Australian professional basketball player who played in the National Basketball League of Australia from 1991 through till the 2001/2002 season...

     - Fmr. Australian NBA player
  • Stojko Vranković
    Stojko Vrankovic
    Stojan "Stojko" Vranković is a retired Croatian basketball player who also represented Yugoslavia....

     - Fmr. NBA player
  • Franjo Arapović
    Franjo Arapovic
    Franjo Arapović is a former Croatian basketball center - tall - who won the silver medal with the Croatia national basketball team at the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain...

     - Fmr. NBA Player

See Old Timers for a list of early day NBA players of Croatian descent

Cricketers

  • Simon Katich
    Simon Katich
    Simon Matthew Katich is an Australian cricketer. He is the captain of the New South Wales Blues, and also captained, up until the end of the 2007 season, Derbyshire County Cricket Club...

     - Australian cricket player
  • Anton Devcich
    Anton Devcich
    Anton Paul Devcich is a New Zealand cricketer. A left-handed batsman who occasionally bowls left-arm orthodox spin, he plays for Northern Districts Knights.His main team is the Hamilton Boys High School First XI...

     - NZ cricket player
  • Joseph Yovich
    Joseph Yovich
    Joseph Adam Frank Yovich is a New Zealand cricketer. A solid all-rounder for Northern Districts, although it seemed he might be considered for the Black Caps in the future at the beginning of his career, for various reasons he never made it...

     - NZ cricket player
  • Antony Sumich
    Antony Sumich
    Antony Sumich, F.S.S.P. is a former international Rugby Union and Cricket player for Croatia, skiing instructor and Rugby coach, and is now a Catholic priest of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter.-Background and sport:...

     - NZ cricket player - player for Croatia

Handball

  • Hrvoje Horvat
    Hrvoje Horvat
    Hrvoje Horvat is a Croatian handball player who competed in the 1972 Summer Olympics and in the 1976 Summer Olympics for SFR Yugoslavia.-International career:...

     - Handball player
  • Mirza Džomba
    Mirza Džomba
    Mirza Džomba is a retired Croatian handball player, World champion and Olympic champion.-Career:Džomba began his career by his hometown club RK Zamet Rijeka, where he stayed until 1996, when he signed to RK Zagreb. He spent five years with the capital team, winning the national championship and...

  • Ivano Balić
  • Petar Metličić
    Petar Metlicic
    Petar Metličić is a Croatian handball player. He was captain of the Croatian national team which won the gold medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens as well as the 2003 World Handball Championship in Portugal...

  • Blaženko Lacković
    Blaženko Lackovic
    Blaženko Lacković is a Croatian handball player. He is World champion from 2003 with the Croatian national team, and Olympic champion from 2004...

  • Vlado Šola
    Vlado Šola
    Vlado Šola is a retired Croatian team handball player. He was born in Prisoje, near Tomislavgrad, Bosnia and Herzegovina, and his family moved to Croatia when he was young....

  • Slavko Goluža
    Slavko Goluža
    Slavko Goluža is a retired Croatian team handball player. He is the coach of the Croatia national handball team....

  • Irfan Smajlagić
    Irfan Smajlagic
    Irfan "Pipe" Smajlagić is a Croatian former handball player who competed in the 1988 Summer Olympics for Yugoslavia and in the 1996 Summer Olympics for Croatia.He was born in Banja Luka, Bosnia and Herzegovina....

  • Patrik Ćavar
    Patrik Cavar
    Patrik Ćavar is a retired Croatian handball player.He played for the Croatia national handball team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta, where Croatia won the gold medal.As of 2009, Ćavar lives in Miami, Florida....


Hockey

  • Frank Mahovlich
    Frank Mahovlich
    Francis William "The Big M" Mahovlich, CM is a Canadian Senator, and a retired NHL ice hockey player, nicknamed the "Big M." He played on six Stanley Cup-winning teams and is an inductee of the Hockey Hall of Fame.-Playing career:...

     - NHL Hall of Famer (1958 Calder Trophy Winner)
  • Peter Mahovlich
    Peter Mahovlich
    Peter Joseph "Little M" Mahovlich , known in his playing years as "Little M", is a retired Canadian professional hockey forward and head coach.-Playing career:...

     - Fmr. NHL player, nr. 2 in 1963 NHL Amateur Draft
    1963 NHL Amateur Draft
    The 1963 NHL Amateur Draft was held on June 5 at the Queen Elizabeth Hotel in Montreal, Quebec, Canada. It was the first NHL Amateur Draft and consisted of 16-year-old players....

  • Joe Sakic
    Joe Sakic
    Joseph Steven "Joe" Sakic is a former Canadian professional ice hockey player and current hockey executive. He played his entire National Hockey League career with the Quebec Nordiques/Colorado Avalanche franchise. In his 20-year tenure, Sakic won the Stanley Cup twice, captured numerous NHL...

     - NHL player (2001 Hart Memorial Trophy Winner)
  • John Kordic
    John Kordic
    John "Rambo" Kordic was a Canadian hockey player in the National Hockey League.Kordic played for the Montreal Canadiens, Toronto Maple Leafs, Washington Capitals, and Quebec Nordiques, for a total of seven seasons in the NHL. He won the Calder Cup with Sherbrooke Canadiens in 1985, and a Stanley...

     - Fmr. NHL player
  • Dan Kordic
    Dan Kordic
    Daniel Kordic is a Canadian former professional ice hockey left winger who played six seasons in the National Hockey League for the Philadelphia Flyers. Much like his brother John Kordic, he was primarily known as an enforcer....

     - Fmr. NHL player
  • Mark Pavelich
    Mark Pavelich
    Mark Thomas Pavelich is a retired US professional ice hockey forward who played 355 regular season games in the NHL for the New York Rangers, Minnesota North Stars and San Jose Sharks between 1981 and 1992 and was a member of the 1980 U.S...

     - Fmr. NHL player (Miracle on Ice
    Miracle on Ice
    The "Miracle on Ice" is the name in American popular culture for a medal-round men's ice hockey game during the 1980 Winter Olympics at Lake Placid, New York, on Friday, February 22...

    )
  • Matt Pavelich
    Matt Pavelich
    Matt Pavelich is a Canadian ice-hockey linesman.-Early career:He began officiating when he was fourteen, working minor hockey games in Sault Ste. Marie, Ontario...

     - first NHL linesman inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame
  • Marty Pavelich
    Marty Pavelich
    Martin Nicholas Pavelich is a Canadian former ice hockey left winger. He played ten seasons for the Detroit Red Wings of the National Hockey League from 1947 until 1957.-Early career:...

     - Fmr. NHL player
  • Cory Sarich
    Cory Sarich
    Cory Sarich is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman currently playing for the Calgary Flames of the National Hockey League .-Playing career:...

     - NHL player
  • Adrien Plavsic
    Adrien Plavsic
    Adrien Plavsic is a Canadian ice hockey defenceman who played in the National Hockey League for the St. Louis Blues, Vancouver Canucks, Tampa Bay Lightning and the Mighty Ducks of Anaheim. Drafted 30th overall by St...

     - (Serb father, Croat mother) Fmr. NHL player
  • Tony Hrkac
    Tony Hrkac
    Anthony J. "Tony" Hrkac is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey player who played eighteen season of professional hockey. He is currently head coach of the Concordia University Men's Ice Hockey Team.-College:...

     - Fmr. NHL player
  • Joel Prpic
    Joel Prpic
    Joel Melvin Prpic is a Canadian professional ice hockey player of Croatian ancestry who is currently playing with Croatian team, KHL Medveščak Zagreb, in the Austrian Hockey League.- Playing career :...

     - Hockey player (brief appearance in the NHL)
  • Rob Valicevic
    Rob Valicevic
    Rob Valicevic is a former professional ice hockey player.- Playing career :Valicevic was drafted in the 6th round of the 1991 NHL Entry Draft by the New York Islanders. He spent four seasons playing with Lake Superior State University in the NCAA from 1991 to 1995 before turning pro in the...

     - NHL player

Rugby

  • Antony Sumich
    Antony Sumich
    Antony Sumich, F.S.S.P. is a former international Rugby Union and Cricket player for Croatia, skiing instructor and Rugby coach, and is now a Catholic priest of the Priestly Fraternity of Saint Peter.-Background and sport:...

     - Rugby Union player
  • Frano Botica
    Frano Botica
    Frano Michael Botica is a former rugby union and rugby league player who represented his country at both sports and also played for Croatia in a rugby union world cup qualifying match.-Rugby union:...

     - Rugby Union player
  • Ivan Cleary
    Ivan Cleary
    Ivan Cleary is an Australian rugby league football coach and former player. He is the current head coach of the Penrith Panthers of the National Rugby League and former head coach of the New Zealand Warriors where he achieved much success...

     - Rugby League player and coach
  • Ivan Henjak
    Ivan Henjak
    Ivan Henjak is an Australian professional rugby league football coach and former player. He was the former head coach for the Brisbane Broncos of the National Rugby League, having taken over from Wayne Bennett in 2009...

     - Rugby League player
  • Matt Henjak
    Matt Henjak
    Matt Henjak is an Australian rugby union player. His position of choice is scrum-half. Henjak, of Croatian ancestry, is the nephew of former rugby league half-back and Brisbane Broncos head coach Ivan Henjak...

     - Rugby Union player
  • Max Krilich
    Max Krilich
    Max Krilich is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1970s and 80s. He was a hooker for the Australia national team, playing in 13 Tests from 1978 to 1983 and as captain on 10 consecutive occasions in 1982 and 1983...

     - Rugby league player
  • Dan Luger
    Dan Luger
    Daniel Darko Luger MBE is a former English rugby union international who was a member of the squad that won the Webb Ellis Cup in 2003.- Club career:...

     - Rugby Union player
  • Tony Mestrov
    Tony Mestrov
    Tony Mestrov is an Australian former rugby league footballer of the 1990s. His position of choice was as a prop....

     - Rugby League player
  • James Stosic
    James Stosic
    James Stosic is a professional rugby league player who currently plays for the Easts Tigers in the QLD Cup.-Early years:...

     - NZ Rugby League player
  • Anthony Boric
    Anthony Boric
    Anthony Boric is a rugby union player for the Blues in the Super 14 competition. He also plays for the North Harbour Marist. He plays as a lock. On 1 June 2008, Boric became a New Zealand All Black for the first time.-All Blacks:Boric made his first appearance as an All Black coming on as a...

     - Rugby Union player

Volleyball

  • Marcos Milinkovic
    Marcos Milinkovic
    Marcos Antonio Milinković is an Argentine volleyball player. Milinković is 203 cm and weighs 100 kg.Milinković started playing the sport at age 17, a relatively late age....

     - Argentine volleyball player
  • Alejandro Spajic
    Alejandro Spajic
    Alejandro Spajić is an Argentine volleyball player. Spajić is clearly a volleyball player both for Argentina and his club...

     - Argentine volleyball player
  • Igor Omrčen
    Igor Omrcen
    Igor Omrčen is a volleyball player from Croatia. He twice became top scorer at the European Volleyball League: in 2004 and 2006. Omrčen plays as a professional in Italy for several years.-References:...


Waterpolo

  • Ozren Bonačić
    Ozren Bonacic
    Ozren Bonačić is a former Croatian water polo player and Olympic medalist with the Yugoslavia men's national water polo team....

     - Fmr. water polo player & coach
  • Perica Bukić
    Perica Bukic
    Perica Bukić is a Croatian water polo player and politician. He represented Yugoslavia at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, where the team won the golden medal....

     - Water polo player and politician

Other sports

  • Mirko Filipović
    Mirko Filipovic
    Mirko Filipović is a former Croatian heavyweight kickboxer, mixed martial artist, politician, and law enforcement officer. Filipović was a member of the Croatian Parliament from 2003 through 2007...

     - K1,UFC,PRIDE fighter
  • Matija Ljubek
    Matija Ljubek
    Matija Ljubek was a successful canoer from Belišće, Croatia who later became a sports official for Croatia....

     - Kayakist
  • Sofia Mulanovich
    Sofia Mulanovich
    Sofía Mulánovich Aljovín is a Peruvian surfer. She is the first Peruvian surfer ever to win an Association of Surfing Professionals World Championship Tour event. She is the first South American ever to win the World Title. In 2004, she won three out of the six World Championship Tour events, and...

     - famous Peruvian surfer
  • Franjo Mihalic
    Franjo Mihalic
    Franjo Mihalić is a long-distance runner best known for his 1958 win at the Boston Marathon and his marathon silver medal in the 1956 Summer Olympics...

     - Marathon athlete
  • The Great Antonio - Strongman and eccentric
  • Frank Nobilo
    Frank Nobilo
    Frank Ivan Joseph Nobilo, CNZM is a professional golfer from New Zealand.Nobilo had a successful playing career, winning 15 pro tournaments around the world...

     - NZ Golfer
  • Luka Grubor
    Luka Grubor
    Luka Grubor is a competition rower, born in Zagreb, who competed for Yugoslavia and Croatia, and became Olympic champion for Great Britain....

     - UK Olympic Gold Medalist (Rowing)


See also

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