Jiří Hanzl

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Jiří Hanzl (born July 13, 1922 in Prague , Czechoslovakia , † late October 2011 in Bergisch Gladbach ) was a Czech ice hockey goalkeeper and coach .

Career

Jiří Hanzl received his first ice skates as a gift at the age of six. In summer he played football with his brother Jan at SK Smíchov and in winter ice hockey. Later both moved to SK Podolí Prague . SK Podolí was merged several times in the late 1940s and finally dissolved in 1949. Therefore, the Hanzl brothers switched to Sparta ČKD Sokolovo Prague .

Together with his brother, Hanzl won the Czechoslovak championship at Sparta ČKD Sokolovo Prague in 1953 and 1954 . In the mid-1950s he became the goalkeeper of the Czechoslovak national team and won the bronze medal with them at the 1955 Ice Hockey World Championship .

In 1960 he belonged to a group of Czechoslovak players who were accused of betting fraud. As a result, he was convicted, received a three-year prison term and was banned from working. In 1968 he and his wife fled to Germany via Yugoslavia.

After the end of his career, Hanzl was a successful trainer for a long time, especially in Germany. First he coached the top division team of the Cologne EK in the 1970/71 season . At his next station, EC Deilinghofen , he was the first full-time coach in the club's history. In the 1971/72 season , the team he trained reached third place in the league . Second place was achieved with good fitness work. But then Hanzl became too expensive for the EC Deilinghofen and the Cologne EC signed him. However, this obligation came to an end after almost six months.

From 1975 he was the coach of TSV Straubing 1861 . In the 1978/79 season he was behind the gang at Duisburger SC , and in the 1980/81 season at Herner EV . In the 2. Bundesliga , he was 1982/83 busy again at the RSC Bremerhaven . The last documented station is Duisburger SV from the 1989/90 season .

Hanzl died in October 2011 at the age of 89. He was buried in the Bergisch Gladbach-Refrath cemetery.

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b hcsparta.cz, Jiří Hanzl - nejen výborný brankář
  2. ↑ a b idowa.de, professional, rock-hard and always well dressed: Jiri Hanzl, former ice hockey coach at TSV Straubing, died at the age of 89  ( page no longer available , search in web archives )  Info: The link was automatically saved as marked defective. Please check the link according to the instructions and then remove this notice. , November 25, 2011@1@ 2Template: Dead Link / www.idowa.de  
personal data
SURNAME Hanzl, Jiří
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czech ice hockey player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH July 13, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague
DATE OF DEATH October 2011
Place of death Bergisch Gladbach