Karel good
IIHF Hall of Fame , 1998 | |
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Date of birth | September 16, 1927 |
place of birth | Uhříněves , Czechoslovakia |
date of death | January 6, 2014 |
Place of death | Prague , Czech Republic |
position | defender |
Shot hand | Left |
Career stations | |
1945-1948 | LTC Uhříněves |
1949-1951 | ATK Prague |
1951-1953 | Tatra Smíchov |
1953-1964 | Spartak Praha Sokolovo |
Karel Gut (born September 16, 1927 in Uhříněves , † January 6, 2014 in Prague ) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player and coach . As a trainer, he was twice German champion with EV Landshut .
Career
As a player
Karel Gut began ice hockey at LTC Uhříněves and also played football in his youth. During his military service he played for the army sports club ATK Prague . He then worked at Tatra Smíchov until he moved to Spartak Praha Sokolovo in 1953 . With Spartak he won the national championship as a defender in 1954 . In his 300 league games until 1964, he scored 86 times. From 1952 to 1960 he played all World Championships and Olympic Games for Czechoslovakia. He won three bronze medals at world championships, while he finished fourth and 1956 fifth at the Olympic Games in 1952 and 1960. He scored 35 goals in his 114 international matches.
As a trainer and functionary
Coaching stations | |
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1964-1967 | Sparta ČKD Prague |
1967-1970 | EV Landshut |
1970-1972 | Junior national team B national team ČSSR |
1971-1973 | Sparta ČKD Prague |
1973-1980 | National team ČSSR |
1980-1983 | EV Landshut |
1983-1989 | Association coach ČSSR |
1989-1991 | EV Landshut |
After he ended his playing career, he became a coach at Sparta ČKD Prague . In 1967 he became a coach at the German Bundesliga club EV Landshut . The Niederbayern had signed Gut for three years and in the last of these three seasons he led Landshut to the championship title in 1970. There followed three years as a coach of the Czechoslovak junior national team, before he was in charge of the Czechoslovak national team from 1973 to 1980. During this time, Czechoslovakia won two world championships ( 1976 , 1977 ) and won an Olympic silver medal and four world championship silver. Karel Gut returned to EV Landshut for three years in 1980 and - like his first time - it was the last year in which he was able to bring the championship title to Landshut in 1983. After a few years on the Czech coaching council, he returned to EV Landshut in 1988, first as coach and then as technical director.
Between 1994 and 2004 Karel Gut was President of the Czech Ice Hockey Federation . In 1998 he was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame as a member .
Achievements and Awards
- 1998 induction into the IIHF Hall of Fame
- 2008 admission to the Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame
As a player
- 1954 Czechoslovakian champion with Spartak Praha Sokolovo
- 1955 bronze medal at the world championship
- 1955 Best Defender in the World Cup
- 1957 bronze medal at the world championship
- 1959 bronze medal at the world championship
As a trainer
- 1970 German champion with EV Landshut
- 1974 silver medal at the world championship
- 1975 silver medal at the world championship
- 1976 silver medal at the Olympic Winter Games
- 1976 gold medal at the world championship
- 1976 2nd place at the Canada Cup
- 1977 gold medal at the world championship
- 1978 silver medal at the world championship
- 1979 silver medal at the world championship
- 1983 German champion with EV Landshut
Publications
- 100 let českého hokeje AS press, Prague 2008, ISBN 978-80-903552-4-8
- Český hokej: 1909/2003 Olympia, Prague 2004, ISBN 80-7033-813-X
- Český hokej Olympia, Prague 1998, ISBN 80-7033-525-4
- Ice Hockey World History Copress-Verlag, Munich 1984. revised. Editions 1989 and 1993, ISBN 3-7679-0235-4
- Malá encyklopedie ledního hokeje Olympia, Prague 1986. Šport, Bratislava 1986
- Světový hokej: kapitoly z historie Olympia, Prague 1990, ISBN 80-7033-056-2
- Zásobník cvičení ledního hokeje Olympia, Prague 1976
- Náš hokej Olympia, Prague 1985. Šport, Bratislava 1985
- Kniha o československém hokeji Olympia, Prague 1969
- Zlatá kniha hokeje: Z dějin čs. ledního hokeje Olympia, Prague 1978
- Mistři! : kronika 50. mistrovství světa a 61. mistrovství Evropy v ledním hokeji Praha 1985 Olympia, Prague 1985
Web links
- Karel Gut at rodi-db.de
- Karel Gut at eliteprospects.com (English)
- Karel Gut in the database of Sports-Reference (English; archived from the original )
- Karel Gut at historie.hokej.cz
- The Czech Republic is in mourning - master maker Karel Gut dies after a long illness at the age of 86
Individual evidence
- ↑ a b Szymon Szemberg: Karel Gut 1927 - 2014. Legendary Czech what world class player and coach. In: iihf.com. January 6, 2014, accessed November 28, 2017 .
- ↑ Karel Gut (* September 16, 1927 v Uhříněvsi) - obránce ( Memento from January 8, 2014 in the Internet Archive ) on the LTC Prague website
personal data | |
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SURNAME | Good, Karel |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Czechoslovak ice hockey player and coach |
DATE OF BIRTH | September 16, 1927 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Uhříněves |
DATE OF DEATH | January 6, 2014 |
Place of death | Prague , Czech Republic |