Vladimír Zábrodský

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Vladimír Zábrodský (born March 7, 1923 in Prague , † March 20, 2020 in Sweden ) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey player and coach who, with 306 league and 158 international goals, is one of the most successful strikers in Czechoslovak ice hockey. He also took part in the Davis Cup three times as a tennis player .

Career

Vladimír Zábrodský, son of Oldřich Zábrodský and the Russian Olga Nikitina, started ice skating at the age of five. He had an ice hockey stick in his hand for the first time when he was seven and started training at LTC Prague when he was nine . From 1939 he played for the men's team of the club and won the Czechoslovak Championship four times (1946 to 1949), three times the Spengler Cup and was three times top scorer in the Czechoslovak league . Since childhood, Zábrodský played as a center with the left wing Stanislav Konopásek , with whom he also played on the national team in a row. The right attacking side was completed by Jaroslav Juhan, Josef Kus , František Pergl or Ladislav Troják , and later Václav Roziňák . In 1948 LTC Prague traveled to Russia and played a few games there - making Zábrodský one of the first foreign ice hockey players to play an ice hockey game in the USSR and thus help the development of Soviet ice hockey.

In addition to his career as an ice hockey player, he also played tennis and took part in the Davis Cup three times, in 1948, 1955 and 1956 .

Between 1950 and 1960 Zábrodský played for Spartak ČKD Sokolovo in the 1st division of Czechoslovakia and was twice champion of Czechoslovakia with Sparta, in 1953 and 1954. He also reached the top scorer's crown three times, in 1954 with 30, 1957 with 33 and 1959 with 23 Gates. In 1960 Zábrodský was suspended due to a betting scandal and had to go to a labor camp in Ostrava for three years , where he worked in the mine. In 1963 he returned to Prague and played two more seasons for Bohemians ČKD Prague before retiring. In the Czechoslovak league Zábrodský completed a total of 230 games in 18 seasons, in which he scored 306 goals.

His particular strength was his excellent one-handed puck handling, which brought his team several victories. He was also a dominant player who could decide a game alone and motivate other players. In contrast, he often had arguments with coaches, for example Mike Buckna , the coach of the national team in the 1940s.

In 1965 he went on vacation to Yugoslavia with his family . During the trip he fled via Switzerland to Sweden , where he has lived since then. There he looked after Leksands IF , Rögle BK and Djurgårdens IF as head coach. Zábrodský last lived in Stockholm .

In 1997 he was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame . More than ten years later, in 2008, he was inducted into the Czech Hockey Hall of Fame. In 2003 he appeared in a documentary on Czech television, Česká televize , under the Tirel Hokej v srdci - Srdce v hokeji . In 2004 the fans of HC Sparta Prague voted him into the selection of the century on the occasion of the club's 100th birthday . In 2008 he received the President of the Czech Republic, Vaclav Klaus , the Golden Order of Honor by the President .

International

Vladimír Zábrodský was a regular player in the 1940s and 1950s and at times captain of the Czechoslovak national team . He took part in six world championships and two Olympic Games, where he won four medals: in 1947 and 1949 he was world champion, he also won the bronze medal at the 1955 World Cup. At the Olympic Winter Games in St. Moritz in 1948, he was the top scorer of the tournament and led his team to six wins and one defeat, which brought the silver medal. In total, Zábrodský scored 158 goals in 93 international matches, 29 goals in the 1947 World Cup and 21 in the 1948 Winter Olympics.

In 1949 he was also the national team's player-coach.

Before the 1950 World Cup, almost the entire national team was imprisoned and sentenced to terms of between eight months and 15 years on charges of espionage and treason. Vladimír Zábrodský was neither arrested nor imprisoned, so it is believed that Zábrodský testified about his teammates.

Achievements and Awards

International

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Ice hockey legend Vladimír Zábrodský has died
  2. ↑ a b c d e Legendy >> Vladimír Zábrodský. In: elhcards.ic.cz. November 7, 2005, archived from the original on February 7, 2012 ; Retrieved April 6, 2017 (Czech).
  3. ↑ a b c d e internationalhockeylegends.blogspot.com, Vladimir Zabrodsky
  4. ↑ hokejzive.ct24.cz, Hokej živě ČT24 ( Memento from March 7, 2009 in the Internet Archive )
  5. ↑ radio.cz, Sparta Prague ice hockey club celebrated its 100th birthday
  6. ↑ jeanpaulleblanc.com, Hasek receives Czech president's 'golden honorary medal'
  7. ↑ hhof.com, 1948 St. Moritz Summary
personal data
SURNAME Zábrodský, Vladimír
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Zabrodsky, Vladimir
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czechoslovak ice hockey player and coach, as well as tennis player
DATE OF BIRTH March 7, 1923
PLACE OF BIRTH Prague , Czechoslovakia
DATE OF DEATH March 20, 2020
Place of death Sweden