Oldřich Zábrodský
Appearance
Oldřich Zábrodský | |||||||||||||||||
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Born |
Prague, Czechoslovakia | February 28, 1926||||||||||||||||
Died |
September 22, 2015 Belgium | (aged 89)||||||||||||||||
Position | Defenceman[1] | ||||||||||||||||
Played for |
LTC Prague HC Davos HC Lausanne | ||||||||||||||||
Playing career | 1945–1950 | ||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Oldřich Zábrodský (February 28, 1926 – September 22, 2015) was a Czech ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.
Early life
[edit]Zábrodský was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia.[2] His mother was Russian and his brother, Vladimír, was also a hockey player.
Career
[edit]Zábrodský played for LTC Praha. After the Spengler Cup in late-1948, he remained in Switzerland, where he finished the season playing for HC Davos. During the next two seasons, Zábrodský played for HC Lausanne before ending his professional career.
Personal life
[edit]In 1951, he emigrated to the United States through Italy. In 1960, he moved to Belgium, where he lived until his death in 2015.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ Oldřich Zábrodský, EliteProspects.com
- ^ Sports Reference
- ^ Alena Gilbert: Hokejista Oldřich Zábrodský o životě v emigraci at Krajane.net, 3 June 2008.
- ^ Oldřich Zábrodský's obituary (in Czech)
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
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- 1926 births
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- Czech people of Russian descent
- Czechoslovak defectors
- Czechoslovak emigrants to the United States
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- Czechoslovak ice hockey defencemen
- HC Davos players
- Ice hockey people from Prague
- Ice hockey players at the 1948 Winter Olympics
- Lausanne HC players
- Medalists at the 1948 Winter Olympics
- Olympic ice hockey players for Czechoslovakia
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Olympic silver medalists for Czechoslovakia
- Czechoslovak Olympic medalist stubs
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