Jovan Ružić

Jovan Ružić (; 12 December 1898 – 25 September 1973) was a Serbian-Yugoslav footballer. He was one of the most important personalities in the early period of Yugoslav football.

Playing career Club Born in Belgrade, he started playing football in 1911 in the youth team of SK Srpski mač which was one of the first football clubs in Belgrade. A year later he moved to another Belgrade club, SK Slavija, and then in 1913 he became part of the founding members of SK Velika Srbija, a team that will be renamed into SK Jugoslavija in 1918 and will dominate domestic football in the 1920s. He played both matches of the Yugoslav team at the 1920 Olympic Games. He also played 5 matches for the Belgrade Football Subassociation selection.

Post-playing career He contributed to the popularization of football in Serbia and Yugoslavia, and he also practiced athletics, hazen and handball. He also became a football referee, and since 1921 he refereed around 950 matches. In 1925 he got his degree at the Faculty of Law of the University of Belgrade. He died in Belgrade on September 25, 1973.