| International Played in three Olympics and nine World and European Championships from 1952 to 1960 as a member of the Czechoslovakian National Team ... Bronze medalist at the 1955, 1957 and 1959 World and European Championships ... Named the tournament's Best Defenceman in 1955 ... Was the captain of the National Team ... Coached the national B-team and junior team in 1970-1972 ... Head coach of the Czechoslovak National Team from 1973 to 1980 ... Under his coaching the team won the World champions title in 1976 and 1977, got silver medals in 1974, 1975, 1978 and 1979 and an Olympic silver medal at Innsbruck in 1976.
Career Began his hockey career with the small-town team of LTC Uhrineves ... Played defence ... Was invited to ATK Praha and played there from 1949 to 1951 ... Later played for Tatra Smichov (1951 to 1953), Spartak Sokolovo Praha (1953 to 1964) ... Won the national championship in 1954 ... Saw action in 300 games in 14 seasons in the Czechoslovak League and scored 86 goals ... Choose coaching career after retiring as a player ... Coached Sparta Praha (1964 to 1967 and 1971 to 1973), German club EV Landshut (1967 to 1970 and 1980 to 1983) ... EV Landshut won the German national title in 1969-70 and 1982-83. |
