Dan Tana

Dan Tana (born 1935 as Dobrivoje Tanasijević; ) is a Serbian and American restaurateur, actor, football administrator/executive, and former professional footballer. Tana is best known as the proprietor of an eponymous restaurant, Dan Tana's, in West Hollywood, California, as well as being closely associated with football clubs Red Star Belgrade and Brentford F.C. Early life Born in 1935 in the Kingdom of Yugoslavia capital Belgrade to Serbian parents—kafana owner father Radojko Tanasijević and housewife mother Lenka Milošević—the mother gave birth while the father was away serving his mandatory Royal Yugoslav Army stint and she went to be with her parents in her home village of Čibutkovica near Lazarevac. Growing up on Kraljice Natalije Street near the Zeleni Venac open market in Belgrade, young Dobrivoje, nicknamed Bata, was a lively kid with a keen interest in football. With the outbreak of World War II in Yugoslavia following the April 1941 German invasion, Dobrivoje's father moved to the countryside, staying with his parents (Dobrivoje's grandparents) in order to avoid conscription. As a result, young Dobrivoje who stayed in Belgrade with his mother did not see his father for four years until the end of the war.