František Kaberle (born 6 August 1951 in

Kladno Kladno (; german: Kladen) is a city in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 67,000 inhabitants. It is the largest city in the region and together with its adjacent suburban areas has a population of more than 110,000. ...

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) is a

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former professional ice hockey

defenceman Defence or defense (in American English) in ice hockey is a player position that is primarily responsible for preventing the opposing team from scoring. They are often referred to as defencemen, D, D-men or blueliners (the latter a reference to ...

. Kaberle spent the majority of his career with HC Kladno where he won five

Czechoslovak Extraliga The Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League was the elite ice hockey league in Czechoslovakia from 1936 until 1993, when the country split into the Czech Republic and Slovakia. The Slovak Extraliga and Czech Extraliga formed from the split. History ...

championships and was instrumental in the team's exhibition game victory over the

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in 1977. He was also a member of the

Czechoslovak national ice hockey team The Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team was the national ice hockey team of Czechoslovakia, and competed from 1920 until 1992. The successor to the Bohemia national ice hockey team, which ...

in the mid-1970s winning the World Championships twice, in 1976 and 1977. He also played at the

1980 Winter Olympics The 1980 Winter Olympics, officially the XIII Olympic Winter Games and also known as Lake Placid 1980, were an international multi-sport event held from February 13 to 24, 1980, in Lake Placid, New York, United States. Lake Placid was elected ...

Personal life

He is the father of Tomáš Kaberle and František Kaberle, who both went on to play in the

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* 1951 births Living people Czech ice hockey defencemen Czechoslovak ice hockey defencemen HC Dukla Jihlava players Ice hockey players at the 1980 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Czechoslovakia Ice hockey people from Kladno Rytíři Kladno players Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Germany Czechoslovak expatriate ice hockey people Czech ice hockey coaches Czechoslovak ice hockey coaches {{CzechRepublic-icehockey-defenceman-stub