Lazar Lečić
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 Lečić in 2018 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Born | 30 January 1939 |
| Died | 13 August 2024 (aged 85) Skopje, North Macedonia |
| Nationality | Macedonian |
| Career information | |
| Playing career | 1957–1962 |
| Coaching career | 1962–2000 |
| Career history | |
Playing | |
| 1957–1962 | Rabotnički |
Coaching | |
| 1962–1972 | Rabotnički |
| 1972–1973 | Borac Čačak |
| 1973–1975 | Olimpija Ljubljana |
| 1975–1978 | Rabotnički |
| 1978–1982 | Olimpija Ljubljana |
| 1982–1983 | Vojvodina |
| 1983–1988 | MZT Skopje |
| 1990–1992 | Aris |
| 1996 | MZT Skopje |
| 1999–2000 | Nikol Fert |
| Career highlights | |
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Lazar "Grk" Lečić (Macedonian: Лазар Лечиќ; 30 January 1939 – 13 August 2024) was a Yugoslav and later Macedonian professional basketball coach and player. He is considered the founder of Macedonian basketball, who had a huge role in the exit of Macedonian basketball clubs in Europe in the 1970s and 1980s. Lečić was also responsible for founding and organising the youth basketball schools in both North Macedonia and Greece. In his lifelong odyssey he has won many prestigious awards such as "Giant" of the Macedonian Olympic Committee (2002), "Giant" of the Basketball Federation of Macedonia, "11th of October, 13th of November, 8 September,[1] Zlatna Bubamara among many others.[2][3][4][5][6]
Lazar Lečić died on 13 August 2024, at the age of 85.[7]
Lečić was born on 30 January 1939 in Skopje. He finished middle school in Skopje, while he gained his higher education in Belgrade in 1963.
