Momčilo Gavrić (footballer)

Momčilo "Gabbo" Gavrić (August 4, 1938 – March 13, 2010) was a Yugoslavian-born soccer player.

Momčilo Gavrić
Born:(1938-08-04)August 4, 1938
Sinj, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Died:March 13, 2010(2010-03-13) (aged 71)
San Jose, California, United States
Career information
Position(s)K defender, left back
CollegeUniversity of Belgrade
Career history
As player
1969San Francisco 49ers
1969Portland Loggers

Born in Sinj, Croatia, Gavric aspired to play professional soccer and played in his hometown club NK Junak Sinj. In 1959, he moved to Belgrade, then Yugoslav capital, and began playing with Yugoslav First League side OFK Beograd.[1] He had call-ups to the national team, but only ended up playing for the B national team. He left Yugoslavia in 1967 and moved to the United States. In 1967, he signed with the Oakland Clippers of the North American Soccer League. Gavrić spent two seasons with the Clippers and won the 1967 championship with them. He was also an NFL placekicker for the San Francisco 49ers in 1969. In 1971, he moved to the Dallas Tornado, then on to the San Jose Earthquakes from 1974 to 1978.[2][3] In 1975, Gabbo Gavrić was the co-MVP of the NASL indoor tournament and named to the All-tournament team.[4] He was a player and coach at San Jose until 1976, and he continued to coach through 1978.

Gavric died on 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
  • Portland Loggers 1969
  • Dallas Tornado 1971
  • San Jose Earthquakes 1974–78

References
  1. Momčilo Gavrić at Worldfootball.net
  3. "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 2010-07-11. Retrieved 2007-04-12.CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link)
  4. http://www.rsssf.com/usadave/usindoor.html
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