Janko Rodin

Janko Rodin

Personal information
Date of birth	17 February 1900
Place of birth	Kaštel Lukšić, Austro-Hungary
Date of death	13 September 1974 (aged 74)
Place of death	Kaštel Lukšić, SFR Yugoslavia
Playing position	Defender or midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1920–1922	Hajduk Split
1922–1923[1]	Slavia Prague
1923–1925	Hajduk Split
1925–1927	BSK Belgrade
1928–1931	Hajduk Split
National team
1924–1926	Yugoslavia	4	(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Janko Rodin (17 February 1900 – 13 September 1974) was a Croatian footballer and later president of HNK Hajduk Split.

Career

Born in Kaštel Lukšić,^[2] Austro-Hungary (nowadays Croatia), he played either as full-back or winger. He started his career in Hajduk Split immediately after the end of the First World War and will spend most of his playing career at Hajduk. The exception was a period of time that he worked as a customs officer in Belgrade and during that time he played with BSK Belgrade.^[2] He also played one season in Czechoslovakia with Slavia Prague.^[2] He finished his career in 1931.^[2]

After retiring he became the president of Hajduk Split in 1939. He headed the Hajduk delegation that, on 23 April 1944, got on board of Yugoslav Partisans armed boat "Topčider" and escaped Axis-occupied Split towards the free island of Vis. He was Hajduk president until 1945.^[2]

He died in Kaštel Lukšić on 13 September 1974.^[2]

National team

Rodin was part of the Yugoslav football team at the 1924 Summer Olympics.^[3][4] He played 4 matches for the Yugoslav national team, 3 as member of Hajduk during 1924 and one as member of BSK in 1926.^[5]

Honours

Hajduk Split

• Yugoslav championship: 1929

References

1. Upoznajte Otakara Bohatu čiji je otac Jaroslav bio trener Hajduka prije više od 90 godina at HNK Hajduk Split official site.
2. Janko Rodin biography at Reprezentacija.rs (Croatian)
3. Janko Rodin at FIFA.com
4. Janko Rodin at sports-reference.com
5. Janko Rodin at EU-football