Josef Musil

This article concerns a Czechoslovak volleyball player; for the Austrian football player of the same name, see Josef Musil (football player) .

Josef "Bulda" Musil
1969 at Panini Modena
portrait
Date of birth	July 3, 1932
place of birth	Kostelní Lhota, Czechoslovakia
date of death	26th August 2017
Place of death	Prague, Czech Republic
size	1.79 m
position	passing
societies
1950–1952 1953–1954 1955–1968 1968–1970 1970–1974 1974–1975 1975–1976	Spartak ČKD Stalingrad ÚDA Prague Slavia Prague Panini Modena VŠE Prague Pallavolo Loreto Spem Faenza
National team
1952-1968	A national team ČSSR
successes
1952 1955 1956 1958 1960 1962 1964 1966 1967 1968 7 times 1970	Vice World Champion European Champion World Champion European Champion Vice World Champion Vice World Champion Olympic Silver World Champion Vice European Champion Olympic Bronze Czechoslovakian Champion Italian Champion
As of June 29, 2020

Josef "Bulda" Musil (born July 3, 1932 in Kostelní Lhota , † August 26, 2017 in Prague ) was a Czechoslovak volleyball player .

life and career

Musil started playing volleyball at his hometown club Sokol Kostelní Lhota at the age of nine. In 1946 Musil moved with his family to Prague, where he played for the Sokol Vysočany club. In 1949 he was with the team of Czechoslovak junior champions. At the beginning of the 1950s, Musil was appointed to the national team and won his first medal at a world championship in 1952 . He was on the national team for 16 years. In the championship game, Musil was Czechoslovakian national champion seven times and Italian national champion once.

Musil was named Czech volleyball player of the century in 2001. In a poll by the Fédération Internationale de Volleyball for Player of the Century, Musil came in eighth.

On the occasion of the local anniversary, Musil was made an honorary citizen of Kostelní Lhota on June 19, 2004 . That same year, Musil was inducted into the Volleyball Hall of Fame on September 2 in Holyoke, Massachusetts .

successes

World championships

• 1952 Moscow , silver
• 1956 Paris , gold
• 1960 Rio de Janeiro , silver
• 1962 Moscow , silver
• 1966 Prague , gold

Olympic games

• 1964 Tokyo , silver
• 1968 Mexico City , bronze

European championships

• 1955 Bucharest , gold
• 1958 Prague , gold
• 1963 Bucharest , 5th place
• 1967 Istanbul , silver

Web links

• Josef Musil in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
• Hall of Fame (English)
• Information at kostelni-lhota.cz (Czech)
• Profile at the Italian Volleyball League (Italian)