Vlastimil Bubník
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| Date of birth | 18 March 1931 | ||
| Place of birth | Kelč, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Date of death | 6 January 2015 (aged 83) | ||
| Place of death | Brno, Czech Republic | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1943–1953 | SK Královo Pole | ||
| 1953–1962 | Rudá Hvězda Brno | 69 | (26) |
| 1962–1967 | Spartak ZJŠ Brno | 34 | (6) |
| Total | 103 | (32) | |
| International career | |||
| 1957–1960 | Czechoslovakia | 11 | (4) |
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| Olympic medal record | ||
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| Men's ice hockey | ||
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1964 Innsbruck | Team |
Vlastimil Bubník (Czech pronunciation: [ˈvlascɪmɪl ˈbubɲiːk]; 18 March 1931 – 6 January 2015) was a Czech ice hockey player and footballer.
Bubník was born in Kelč, Czechoslovakia, and played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He played for HC Brno and Královo Pole. He also won a bronze medal at the 1964 Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1997.[1]
He was tied with Canada's Harry Watson and Soviet Union's Valeri Kharlamov for the all-time Olympic scoring lead, until he was surpassed by Finland's Teemu Selänne in the 2010 Winter Olympics
During his football career he played for RH Brno. Over nine seasons in the Czechoslovak First League, he made 103 appearances, scoring 32 goals.[2] He also scored 40 goals in five seasons in the second level. He earned 11 caps and scored 4 goals for the Czechoslovakia national football team from 1957 to 1960, and participated in the 1960 European Nations' Cup, scoring in the third place playoff match, in which Czechoslovakia beat France 2–0.[3] He died in 2015.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Český hokej truchlí. Zemřel legendární Vlastimil Bubník". Sport.cz (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Právo. 6 January 2015. Retrieved 4 July 2023.
- ^ Jeřábek, Luboš (2007). Český a československý fotbal – lexikon osobností a klubů (in Czech). Prague, Czech Republic: Grada Publishing. p. 28. ISBN 978-80-247-1656-5.
- ^ Davídek, J (10 October 1960). "Československo třetí v Evropském poháru". Rudé právo (in Czech). Prague. p. 6. Retrieved 14 August 2024.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
- Vlastimil Bubník at FAČR (in Czech)
- Football profile
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- 1931 births
- 1960 European Nations' Cup players
- 2015 deaths
- Men's association football forwards
- Czech men's footballers
- Czechoslovak men's footballers
- Czechoslovakia men's international footballers
- Czechoslovak First League players
- Ice hockey players at the 1952 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 1956 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 1960 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- IIHF Hall of Fame inductees
- Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia
- Olympic ice hockey players for Czechoslovakia
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- People from Kelč
- Footballers from the Zlín Region
- Ice hockey people from the Zlín Region
- Czechoslovak ice hockey forwards
- Czech ice hockey forwards
- Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Yugoslavia
- Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Austria
- Czechoslovak expatriate ice hockey people
- Czech ice hockey coaches
- Czechoslovak ice hockey coaches