Milovan Zoričić was a Croatian football official and criminal judge.

Zoričić was one of the founders of HAŠK Zagreb in 1904. He translated the rules of football into Croatian

Croatian language

Croatian is the collective name for the standard language and dialects spoken by Croats, principally in Croatia, Bosnia and Herzegovina, the Serbian province of Vojvodina and other neighbouring countries...

 in 1908. He also worked as a referee and in 1912 he became the first president of the Croatian Football Federation

Croatian Football Federation

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By profession Zoričić practiced law. He was a judge at the International Court of Justice

International Court of Justice

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from 1946 to 1958.