František Pospíšil

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.

František Pospíšil
Pospíšil in 2015
Born (1944-04-06) 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
Medal record
Men's ice hockey
Representing  Czechoslovakia
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1968 Grenoble Team
Silver medal – second place 1976 Innsbruck Team
Bronze medal – third place 1972 Sapporo Team

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.

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.

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.

Pospíšil was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 1999.[2]

See also

References
  1. 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.
  2. "František Pospíšil". Czech Olympic Committee (in Czech). 2023. Retrieved June 30, 2023.


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