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{{Short description|American basketball player and coach (1923–2000)}}
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{{Infobox basketball biography
| name = Mike Todorovich
| image = 
| width = 
| caption = 
| height_ft = 6
| height_in = 5
| weight_lb = 220
| birth_date = {{Birth date|1923|6|11}}
| birth_place = [[Zeigler, Illinois]], U.S.
| death_date = {{Death date and age|2000|6|24|1923|6|11}}
| death_place = [[St. Louis, Missouri]], U.S.
| high_school = [[Soldan International Studies High School|Soldan]] (St. Louis, Missouri)
| college = [[Wyoming Cowboys basketball|Wyoming]] (1946–1947) <br> [[Washington University Bears football|Washington University]] <br> [[Notre Dame Fighting Irish football|Notre Dame]]
| draft_year = 1947
| draft_league = BAA
| career_start = 1947
| career_end = 1951
| career_number = 9, 21, 19
| career_position = [[Power forward (basketball)|Power forward]] / [[Center (basketball)|center]]
| years1 = 1947–1949
| team1 = [[Sheboygan Red Skins]]
| years2 = {{nbay|1949|start}}
| team2 = [[St. Louis Bombers (NBA)|St. Louis Bombers]]
| years3 = {{nbay|1949|start}}–{{nbay|1950|end}}
| team3 = [[Tri-Cities Blackhawks]]
| cyears1 = 1950–1951
| cteam1 = Tri-Cities Blackhawks
| highlights = * [[National Basketball League (United States)|NBL]] All-Time Team
* [[All-National Basketball League (United States) Team|All-NBL First Team]] (1948)
* [[All-National Basketball League (United States) Team|All-NBL Second Team]] (1949)
* [[NBL (United States) Rookie of the Year Award|NBL Rookie of the Year]] (1948)
}}
'''Marko John''' "'''Mike'''" '''Todorovich''' (June 11, 1923 &ndash;  June 24, 2000) was an American [[basketball]] player and coach of Serbian descent<ref>{{cite news | url=https://www.newspapers.com/newspage/138409027/ | title=Powerhouse Elevens Collide When Soldan and Beaumont Meet | publisher=St. Louis Post-Dispatch | author=Gould, James M. | date=October 10, 1940}}</ref> born in [[St. Louis, Missouri]]. He played [[college basketball]] for the [[Wyoming Cowboys basketball|Wyoming Cowboys]]. He also played [[college football]] at [[Washington University in St. Louis]] and the [[University of Notre Dame]].<ref>{{cite book | url=https://books.google.com/books?id=JRBtAwAAQBAJ&q=Mike+Todorovich+wyoming&pg=PT310 | title=A Biographical Directory of Professional Basketball Coaches | publisher=Scarecrow Press | author=Marcus, Jeff | year=2003| isbn=9781461726531 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web|url=http://mosportshalloffame.com/inductees/mike-todorovich/ |title=mosportshalloffame.com |publisher=mosportshalloffame.com |accessdate=December 11, 2014 |url-status=unfit |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20141212005910/http://mosportshalloffame.com/inductees/mike-todorovich/ |archivedate=December 12, 2014 }}</ref>

Todorovich began his professional career with the [[Sheboygan Red Skins]] of the [[National Basketball League (United States)|National Basketball League]] (NBL). He was named NBL rookie of the year and chosen a first-team pick after a 1947–48 season in which he scored 777 points in 60 games. The other four first-team selections from that season—[[Jim Pollard]], [[George Mikan]], [[Red Holzman]] and [[Al Cervi]]—are enshrined in the [[Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame]].  Sheboygan, however, suffered through a season of turmoil and finished with the second-worst record (23–37) in the franchise's 13-season history.  The following season, Todorovich again led the Red Skins in scoring, with 648 points in 60 games, and Sheboygan finished with a 35–29 record. He was named to the NBL's second team.

Later, he played for the [[St. Louis Bombers (NBA)|St. Louis Bombers]] and the [[Tri-Cities Blackhawks]].  He later would coach the Blackhawks for several games.

==Career statistics==

===NBA===
{{NBA player statistics legend}}

Source<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/todormi01.html|title=Mike Todorovich|website=[[Basketball Reference]]|publisher=[[Sports Reference]]|accessdate=12 January 2023}}</ref>

====Regular season====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
|-
!Year
!Team
!GP
!FG%
!FT%
!RPG
!APG
!PPG
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1949–50 NBA season|1949–50]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1949–50 St. Louis Bombers season|St. Louis]]
|14
|.267
|.625
|
|1.4
|6.9
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1949–50 NBA season|1949–50]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1949–50 Tri-Cities Blackhawks season|Tri-Cities]]
|51
|'''.315'''
|'''.736'''
|
|'''3.7'''
|'''13.6'''
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1950–51 NBA season|1950–51]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1950–51 Tri-Cities Blackhawks season|Tri-Cities]]
|'''66'''
|.309
|.701
|6.9
|2.7
|9.9
|-
| colspan="2" style="text-align:center;" |Career
|131
|.309
|.711
|6.9
|2.9
|11.0
|}

====Playoffs====
{| class="wikitable sortable" style="font-size:95%; text-align:right;"
|-
!Year
!Team
!GP
!FG%
!FT%
!RPG
!APG
!PPG
|-
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1949–50 NBA season|1949–50]]
| style="text-align:left;"|[[1949–50 Tri-Cities Blackhawks season|Tri-Cities]]
|3
|.194
|.792
|
|2.7
|10.3
|}

==References==
{{Reflist}}

==External links==
* [https://www.basketball-reference.com/players/t/todormi01.html BasketballReference.com: Mike Todorovich (as player)]
* [https://www.basketball-reference.com/coaches/todormi01c.html BasketballReference.com: Mike Todorovich (as coach)]

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