Career

He is currently a Windsor-based automotive exporter and real estate developer. Of Serbian background (Serbian: Брковић, Brković), Brkovich played high school basketball at West. Doctorate. Lowe in Windsor. Brkovich opened an earlier tournament game against Notre Dame game with a slam dunk, from which the Fighting Irish never recovered.

The following year, Brkovich was the team"s co-captain.

Brkovich was drafted 181st overall (8th round) by the Milwaukee Buckinghamshire in 1981, but never played in the National Basketball Association. He and the rest of the team were unable to play in the 1980 Summer Olympics, due to the boycott that year. Brkovich was inducted into the Windsor/Essex County Sports Hall of Fame in 1999.

Brkovich founded a successful auto export dealership in Windsor, and later expanded into real estate ownership and development. He has advocated for the preservation and restoration of historically-significant buildings in Windsor.

Achievements

• The team won the Ontario Provincial Championship in 1976 and 1977. Brkovich played as a shooting guard on the Michigan State Spartans team that won the 1979 National Collegiate Athletic Association tournament, defeating Larry Bird"s Indiana State Sycamores in the final game.

Membership

He was a member of the Canadian national basketball team which finished fourth in the 1979 Pan American Games.