Pete Trgovich was an American basketball

Basketball

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 player.

Trgovich was a member of the 1971 East Chicago Washington High School Senators basketball team, which went undefeated (29-0) and won the Indiana state high school championship. Among his teammates were Junior Bridgeman

Junior Bridgeman

Ulysses Lee "Junior" Bridgeman is a retired American basketball player.Born in East Chicago, Indiana, Bridgeman was a member of the 1971 East Chicago Washington High School Senators basketball team, which went undefeated and won the Indiana state high school basketball championship...

, who went on to score over 10,000 points in the NBA, and Tim Stoddard

Tim Stoddard

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, who played basketball at North Carolina State University

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 and went on to have success as a Major League Baseball pitcher.

Trgovich played college basketball at the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) from 1972-1975. At UCLA he played under legendary coach John Wooden

John Wooden

John Robert Wooden was an American basketball player and coach. Nicknamed the "Wizard of Westwood", he won ten NCAA national championships in a 12-year period — seven in a row — as head coach at UCLA, an unprecedented feat. Within this period, his teams won a record 88 consecutive games...

. In 1975 Trgovich helped lead UCLA to the NCAA championship, facing off against his old high school teammate Bridgeman in the national semifinals.

Trgovich was drafted by the San Diego Sails

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 in the fourth round of the 1975 ABA

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 draft. and by the Detroit Pistons

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 in the third round of the 1975 NBA Draft

1975 NBA Draft

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.

Trgovich coached East Chicago Central to the Indiana AAAA state championship in 2007 and abruptly resigned soon thereafter. Trgovich accepted the head coach position at nearby Indiana University Northwest, beginning with the 2007-08 season.