Vilém Lugr (28 June 1911 – 17 August 1994) was a Czech
football manager
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.
Playing career
As a player, Lugr made 99 appearances in the
Czechoslovak First League
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, turning out for
Prostějov
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and
Slezská Ostrava
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between 1934 and 1941.
Coaching career
After
World War II
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, Lugr was manager of
KÅ™Ãdla vlasti Olomouc in the Czechoslovak First League, in 1954.
He went on to manage Polish clubs
Lech Poznań
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...
,
Śląsk Wrocław
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, and
Górnik Zabrze
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. After moving to Sweden he managed
Jönköpings Södra IF
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in 1961 and 1962, leading the club to finishes of third and eighth in
Division 2. Between 1963 and 1964, he was coach for
IFK Norrköping
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who won the
Allsvenskan
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in
1963
Events January
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. In autumn 1967, he joined
Nyköpings BIS
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as head coach.
References
1911 births
1981 deaths
People from Poděbrady
People from the Kingdom of Bohemia
Footballers from the Central Bohemian Region
Men's association football defenders
Czech men's footballers
Czechoslovak men's footballers
FC Zbrojovka Brno players
FC BanÃk Ostrava players
Czech football managers
Czech expatriate football managers
Czechoslovak First League players
Czechoslovak football managers
Czechoslovak expatriate football managers
FC BanÃk Ostrava managers
Lech Poznań managers
Śląsk Wrocław managers
Górnik Zabrze managers
Jönköpings Södra IF managers
KÅ™Ãdla vlasti Olomouc managers
Ekstraklasa managers
I liga managers
Allsvenskan managers
Expatriate football managers in Poland
Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Expatriate football managers in Sweden
Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Sweden
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