Momčilo Gavrić (footballer)

Momčilo Gavrić
Date of birth	August 4, 1938
Place of birth	Sinj, Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Date of death	March 13, 2010 (aged 71)
Place of death	San Jose, California, United States
Career information
Position(s)	K defender, left back
US college	University of Belgrade
Career history
As player
1969	San Francisco 49ers
1969	Portland Loggers
Career stats
	Playing stats at soccer DatabaseFootball.com;

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

Club career

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.^{[citation needed]} 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.