František Procházka (25 January 1962 – 27 April 2012) was a Czech ice hockey defenseman who played on the 1992 bronze medal-winning Olympic ice hockey team for

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Career

Procházka began his career with TJ CHZ Litvínov and played for the team from 1980 to 1990. He then moved to

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with

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for one season before joining

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of the Eishockey-Bundesliga in

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. In 1993, Procházka joined HC Milano Devils of

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won the Serie A championship with the team that season. He returned to Germany in 1995, signing for ESG Füchse Sachsen of the Deutsche Eishockey Liga before moving to the

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the following year, playing for the

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of the

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. In 1997, Procházka returned to Litvínov for one season before finishing his career in Germany's third-tier league the Oberliga, with single-season spells at ERC Haßfurt and ESC Dresden. Procházka was also a member of the Czechoslovakia national team, playing in four

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as well as the

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where he won a bronze medal. Following his playing career, he worked as a

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of the Czech 1.liga team HC Teplice for some time. Procházka died on 27 April 2012 at aged 50 following a long illness.František Procházka's obituary
(in Czech)

Career statistics

Regular season and playoffs

International

References

External links

* 1962 births 2012 deaths Ice hockey people from Brno Ayr Scottish Eagles players Czech ice hockey defencemen Czech ice hockey coaches Czechoslovak ice hockey defencemen EHC Freiburg players Lausitzer Füchse players HC Litvínov players Ice hockey players at the 1992 Winter Olympics Jokerit players Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic ice hockey players of Czechoslovakia Olympic medalists in ice hockey Medalists at the 1992 Winter Olympics Czech expatriate ice hockey people Czech expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Expatriate ice hockey players in Scotland Czech expatriate ice hockey players in Finland Czech expatriate sportspeople in Germany Expatriate ice hockey players in Germany Czech expatriate sportspeople in Italy Expatriate ice hockey players in Italy {{Winter-Olympic-medalist-stub