Career
Overall, Sandic played more than 235 matches for the Yugoslav national team giving over 250 goals. Mirko Sandic played water polo during the years when his country was a dominant international team Wearing number 10 and being the tallest and biggest player, Sandic was considered to be the most prominent player contributing to his country’s 1968 Olympic gold medal performance of Mexico City and the 1964 Olympic silver medal of Tokyo.
Sandic was elected to membership into the International Swimming Hall of Fame in 1999.
His heart was the largest ever registered in the world. After he retired from sports, he was a Yugoslav Airlines (JAT) airways representative in Singapore for several years.
Sandić coached the national teams of Egypt, Malaysia, and Singapore. Sandić"s cause of death was not released by the Serbian Water Polo Association.
There is a street in Belgrade, Serbia named Mirko Sandić.