Boško Simonović, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Boško Simonović

Serbian footballer

Date of Birth: 12-Feb-1898

Place of Birth: Šid, Vojvodina, Serbia

Date of Death: 05-Aug-1965

Profession: association football manager, association football player

Zodiac Sign: Aquarius

Boško Simonovic (Serbian Cyrillic: ?o??o C??o?o???; 12 February 1898 – 5 August 1965) was a football coach, player, referee, and administrator.
His most notable feat was coaching the Kingdom of Yugoslavia national team at the very first World Cup in 1930 in Uruguay. Though an architect by vocation, Simonovic never worked in the profession he was trained for, instead devoting his whole life to sports – particularly football. He played football as a goalkeeper in SK Srpski mac and later in BSK.
Following a playing career he became a football referee and was the first Serb to referee an international match, in 1923 in Bucharest.
He retired from refereeing following a broken leg in a sledding accident.