František Pospíšil
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| Born |
April 6, 1944 Unhošť, Bohemia and Moravia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 0 in (183 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 185 lb (84 kg; 13 st 3 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Position | Defence | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Played for | HC Kladno | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| National team |
 Czechoslovakia | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1966–1979 | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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František Pospíšil (born April 2, 1944) is a Czech former ice hockey defenceman and coach. Internationally, he played for the Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team from 1967 to 1977, at the IIHF World Championships and the Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999.
Career
He played in the Czechoslovak Elite League for Poldi Kladno from 1961 to 1978, then in Germany for EV Landshut in 1978–79. He won the Golden Hockey Stick as the top player in Czechoslovakia in 1971 and 1972. He scored 134 career goals in 622 league games.[citation needed]
Pospíšil played on the Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team from 1967 to 1977, which won the gold medal at the IIHF World Championships in 1972, 1976, and 1977; he was named best defenceman of the tournament in 1972 and 1976. He also played in the 1972 and 1976 Olympics and the 1976 Canada Cup.[1] At the 1976 Olympics he was proven of having used codeine, which was a banned substance back then.[citation needed]
Pospíšil began coaching in Czechoslovakia in 1979, first with his old team Poldi Kladno from 1979 to 1983 and then with Litvínov from 1983 to 1985. He was assistant coach on the national team between 1986 and 1988.[citation needed]
Pospíšil was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999.[2]
See also
References
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "František Pospíšil". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on December 4, 2016.
- ^ "František Pospíšil". Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech). 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2023.
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
- Czechoslovakia 1972
- František Pospíšil at Olympijskytym.cz (in Czech)
- František Pospíšil at Olympic.cz (in Czech) (archived)
- Frantisek Pospisil at Olympics.com
- František Pospíšil at Olympedia
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