František Kloz

František Kloz

Personal information
Date of birth	(1905-05-19)19 May 1905
Place of birth	Mlékosrby, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	13 June 1945(1945-06-13) (aged 40)
Place of death	Louny, Czechoslovakia
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
	Nový Bydžov
	Chlumec nad Cidlinou
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1926–1927	Slavoj Roudnice nad Labem
1927–1928	SK Roudnice
1928–1930	SK Kladno
1931	SK Slavia Praha
1932	SK Kladno
1933	Sparta Prague
1934–1940	SK Kladno
1940–1941	SK Slaný
1941–1943	Slavoj Roudnice nad Labem
1943–1945	SK Vinařice
International career
1929–1937	Czechoslovakia	10	(6)
Managerial career
1942–1943	SK Kladno
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

František Kloz (19 May 1905 in Mlékosrby – 13 June 1945 in Louny) was a Czech football player.

Career

Kloz played most of his career for SK Kladno and became its manager in 1942-43. He scored 175 goals in 192 matches in the Czechoslovak First League (172 for Kladno, 3 for Slavia), becoming twice the top goalscorer of the league.

He played for Czechoslovakia national team, from 1929 to 1937 - ten matches scoring six goals.

World War II

An anti-Nazi during German occupation of Czechoslovakia in World War II, in May 1945 Kloz went out to fight as a volunteer non-soldier against German Nazi occupants. He was seriously wounded on 7 May, when his party sought to capture a German-held ammunition store two days before the enemy surrendered in Czechoslovakia. He died a month later in a hospital in Louny.

Legacy

Kloz is the most famous player in the history of SK Kladno. The team's home stadium is named after him.

References

• (in Czech) ČMFS entry