Bato Govedarica


Bato Zdravko Govedarica was a Serbian-American professional basketball player.

Playing career

Govedarica attended Chicago's Lane Tech High School and DePaul University. A guard, he was inducted into the Chicago Basketball Hall of Fame on May 13, 2006. He played 23 games for the Syracuse Nationals during the 1953–54 National Basketball Association season.

Personal life

Govedarica was the son of Serb immigrants Teodor and Ana from Avtovac, a village near Gacko in modern-day Bosnia and Herzegovina.