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Augustin "Gustav" Bubník
Born (1928-11-21)November 21, 1928
Prague, Czechoslovakia
Died April 18, 2017(2017-04-18) (aged 88)
Position Forward
Shot Left
National team  Czechoslovakia
Playing career 1947–about 1966
Medal record
Silver medal – second place 1948 Saint-Moritz Czechoslovakia

Augustin "Gustav" Bubník (21 November 1928 in Prague, Czechoslovakia – 18 April 2017 in Prague, Czech Republic) was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.[1] He also played in the 1947 and 1949 World Championships, of which Czechoslovakia won both. He later worked as an ice hockey coach and was elected as an MP to the lower chamber of the Czech Parliament from the Civic Democratic Party. He also worked as the ice hockey coach of the Finnish National Team from 1966 to 1969, and was later inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame.

He died on 18 April 2017, at the age of 88.

Biography

Early Life

Augustin Bubník was born on the 21 November 1928 in Czechoslovakia, now the Czech Republic. Bubník grew up in Prague and played hockey for the LTC Praha Sports club[2]. In 1947, he became a member of the Czechoslovakia national hockey team. The team won silver at the 1948 Winter Olympics in Saint-Moritz, Switzerland[3]. In 1949, the team became World Champions[4].

Life Under Communism

After the Czechoslovak National Hockey Team won the World Championship in 1949[5], the following year they were forced to give up their spot in the championship[6]. State Security arrested all of the hockey team members, including Bubník[7]. A trial with fabricated charges was brought against the entire team in 1950[8]. Bubník was convicted of "treason," "subversion of the state," and "espionage." He was then sentenced to fourteen years in prison. He served time in a variety of prisons and in the uranium mines in the Jáchymov district and in Bytíz[6]. President Zápotocký granted him “amnesty” and he was released in January 1955. Afterwards, the Regime only allowed him to play in the minor hockey leagues, so he turned to coaching.

In the mid to late 1960s, Bubník managed to move to Finland, where he coached the Finnish National Team[5]. He also helped develop hockey in general in Finland as well. In 1968, Bubník was officially rehabilitated, and in 1989, he finally received full social recognition.

Death and Legacy

In 2004, Bubník was inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame[5]. In the early 2000s, he was interviewed by the nonprofit Post Bellum for their Stories of the 20th Century Project. Bubník died in April 2017.

References

  1. ^ Czechoslovakia Ice Hockey at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
  2. ^ "Augustin Bubník at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  3. ^ "St. Moritz 1948 Ice Hockey - Results & Videos". International Olympic Committee. 2017-02-02. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  4. ^ "World Championship History". www.hockeycanada.ca. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  5. ^ a b c "Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame, Honoured Members - Gustav Bubnik". jaakiekkomuseo.vapriikki.fi. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  6. ^ a b perich@ora.cz, castulik@ora.cz,. "Memory of Nations - Augustin Bubník (1928 - 2017) - Biography". www.memoryofnations.eu. Retrieved 2018-07-17.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: extra punctuation (link) CS1 maint: multiple names: authors list (link)
  7. ^ "Augustin Bubník at eliteprospects.com". www.eliteprospects.com. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
  8. ^ "Komunisté Bubníka týrali. Za velezradu mu hrozila oprátka | Hokej". Lidovky.cz (in Czech). 2017-04-18. Retrieved 2018-07-17.
Preceded by Finnish national ice hockey team coach
1966 – 1969 		Succeeded by
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