Rudolf "Putte" Kock (29 June 1901 – 31 October 1979) was a Swedish

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and

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player who won a bronze medal in the

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as a football player, being voted the best

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after the tournament. He also made six caps for the Swedish ice hockey team, including the

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, and scored five goals."Rudolf Kock"
Swedish Olympic Committee (sok.se). After having to end his career prematurely due to a knee injury, he worked as a football coach with AIK's rivals

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and with the national team (1943–1956). Together with George Raynor he qualified Sweden for the

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where they won gold, the

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(bronze) and the

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(bronze). After his coaching career Kock became a famous and well liked

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Bridge accomplishments

* World Team Championships (

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) Retrieved 5 December 2014. ::Placed third representing Sweden and Iceland in 1950. This edition of the OEB states that the USA defeated Great Britain by 3,660 points and Sweden-Iceland by 4,720 points and that Sweden-Iceland defeated Great Britain by 1,940 points. Depending on the ranking methodology used Sweden-Iceland may be said to have placed either second or third. ::Placed second representing Sweden in 1953 * European Team Championships ::Placed first representing Sweden in 1939 and 1952 ::Placed second representing Sweden in 1948, 1949 and 1950

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* * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kock, Rudolf 1901 births 1979 deaths Men's association football wingers Swedish men's footballers Swedish ice hockey players Swedish contract bridge players Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Sweden Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden AIK Fotboll players AIK IF players Sweden men's international footballers Swedish football managers Sweden men's national football team managers Djurgårdens IF Fotboll managers Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Footballers from Stockholm 20th-century Swedish sportsmen