Witold Zagórski

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) 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.

Sources

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

External links

• FIBA Profile
• POLISH COACHING LEGEND, ZAGORSKI, PASSES AWAY.