František Pospíšil (born 2 April 1944) is a Czech former

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defenceman and coach. Internationally, he played for the

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from 1967 to 1977, at the IIHF World Championships and the Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the

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in 1999.

Career

He played in the Czechoslovak Elite League for Poldi Kladno from 1961 to 1978, then in Germany for

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in 1978–79. He won the Golden Hockey Stick as the top player in

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in 1971 and 1972. He scored 134 career goals in 622 league games. Pospíšil played on the

from 1967 to 1977, which won the gold medal at the IIHF World Championships in 1972, 1976, and 1977; he was named best defenceman of the tournament in 1972 and 1976. He also played in the

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and

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Olympics and the

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. At the 1976 Olympics he was proven of having used

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, which was a banned substance back then. Pospíšil began coaching in Czechoslovakia in 1979, first with his old team Poldi Kladno from 1979 to 1983 and then with

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from 1983 to 1985. He was assistant coach on the

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between 1986 and 1988. Pospíšil was inducted into the

in 1999.

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* * * 1944 births Czech ice hockey coaches Czechoslovak ice hockey coaches Czechoslovak ice hockey defencemen Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team coaches Doping cases in ice hockey EV Landshut players Rytíři Kladno players Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1976 Winter Olympics IIHF Hall of Fame inductees Living people Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics Medalists at the 1976 Winter Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic ice hockey players for Czechoslovakia Olympic medalists in ice hockey Olympic silver medalists for Czechoslovakia People from Kladno District Ice hockey people from the Central Bohemian Region Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in West Germany Czechoslovak expatriate ice hockey people Expatriate ice hockey players in West Germany Czech ice hockey defencemen {{CzechRepublic-icehockey-defenceman-stub

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