Vladimír Bouzek

Vladimír Bouzek (born December 3, 1920 in Třebíč , Czechoslovakia ; † July 31, 2006 ibid) was a Czech footballer , ice hockey player and coach who was twice German ice hockey champions as a coach with EV Füssen and was in charge of the German national team for two years .

Career

Vladimír Bouzek was active in several sports. He was not only national ice hockey player for the Czech Republic from 1946 to 1949, he also played three international football matches between 1950 and 1951.

In 1935 he started at Horácká Slavia Třebíč and played there until he moved to FC Zbrojovka Brno in Brno for a year in 1948 . Until 1953 he was with Vítkovické Železárny as a player-coach and was there also national champion in 1952. From 1953 to 1955 he played for SK Královo Pole in Brno, from 1958 to 1960 finally for Spartak Třebíč . Internationally, he made 20 internationals with 17 goals. In 1947 and 1949 he became world champion , in 1948 he won the silver medal at the Olympic Games and the World Championships.

At the same time he played football for Horácká Slavia Třebíč (1935 to 1943), SK Slezská Ostrava (1943 to 1949), Vítkovické železárny (1949 to 1953), TJ Slávia Bratislava VŠ (1953/54) and most recently for Spartak Třebíč (1955/56) .

After his active career, he was professor of geography and sports at the University of Brno . At the same time he successfully trained HC Kometa Brno . Ten championship titles were the best possible application as national ice hockey coach of Czechoslovakia . He had interrupted his time in Brno for one season in 1959/60. Here he trained the Dynamo Berlin team .

Because of his achievements, he was allowed to move to the German Bundesliga in 1967. At that time, 46 years old, he was trusted at his new club, but not too much at EV Füssen . The serial champion at the time was on the decline. Last year only fourth and some departures were not good omens. But Bouzek changed the way he played in Füssen, away from the fighting game and towards better technique. This change brought success, and so it led EV Füssen to the championship titles in 1968 and 1969 .

After winning the first title, the German Ice Hockey Federation brought Bouzek to the national team . Together with Markus Egen , he supervised the German team at the B-WM 1968. After a disappointing fourth place, he managed to get promoted to the A group a year later with Ernst Trautwein together with the gang. From 1976 to 1978 he trained again with EV Füssen , but the great times in Füssen were already over.

In 2007 he was honored for his services with the induction into the IIHF Hall of Fame .

literature

• Vladimír Bouzek, Miloslav Zeman: Hokejový profesor. Nakladatelství Tempo 1995.

Web links

• Vladimír Bouzek in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )