| International Played at two Olympics and six World and European Championships ... World Champion in 1947 and 1949, silver medalist 1948, bronze medalist in 1955 ... Silver medalist behind Canada at the 1948 St. Moritz Olympics ... Voted to the All-Star Team at the 1954 World and European Championships ... Played a total of 93 games for the National Team and scored an amazing 158 goals.
Career Started his career in 1939 with LTC Praha where he played until 1949 ... From 1950 to 1960 he played for Spartak Sokolovo Praha, Was with Bohemians CKD Praha from 1963 to 1965 ... Spent 18 seasons in the Czechoslovak League (until the age of 42), played in 230 games and scored 306 goals ... A member of teams that won the Czechoslovak national title six times ... Won the goal-scoring title five times ... In 1948, was a member of LTC Praha team which played the first international exhibition games in Moscow. |
