Josef Loos (ice hockey player)
Josef Loos (born March 13, 1888 in Prague , † February 15, 1955 ibid) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player and official.
Career
Josef Loos played bandy and soccer for SK Slavia Prague as a teenager . In 1909 he started Canadian ice hockey and in 1914 was appointed to the Bohemian national team, which took part in the 1914 European ice hockey championship. He won the gold medal. After the First World War he only took part in one other tournament: at the 1920 Summer Olympics in Antwerp , he won the bronze medal in the Olympic ice hockey tournament with the Czechoslovak national team .
After his career ended in the 1920s, Loos acted as a functionary at Slavia Prague and also took on tasks in the Czechoslovak Ice Hockey Association . Between 1946 and 1948 he was President. During this time, the 1947 Ice Hockey World Championship was held in Prague, and Loos was instrumental in organizing it. Between 1945 and 1953 he was also a member of the directorate of the World Ice Hockey Federation and was temporarily its deputy president.
Achievements and Awards
- 1914 gold medal at the European Championships
- 1920 bronze medal at the Summer Olympics
Web links
- 1909 - 1920 at historie.hokej.cz
Individual evidence
- ↑ hokej.snt.cz, 5th European Championship ( Memento of the original from June 4, 2012 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ↑ Hráči s účastí na "velkém" turnaji
- ↑ cslh.cz, Prezidenti ČSLH. Retrieved February 25, 2020 (Czech).
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Loos, Josef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czechoslovak ice hockey player and official |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 13, 1888 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Prague |
| DATE OF DEATH | February 15, 1955 |
| Place of death | Prague |