Oldřich Zábrodský
Oldřich Zábrodský (February 28, 1926 – September 22, 2015) was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics. He was born in Prague, Czechoslovakia.[1]
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| Born |
February 28, 1926 Prague, Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||
| Died |
September 22, 2015 (aged 89) Belgium | |||||||||||||||
| Position | Defenceman | |||||||||||||||
| Played for |
LTC Prague HC Davos HC Lausanne | |||||||||||||||
| Playing career | 1945–1950 | |||||||||||||||
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He played for LTC Praha. After the Spengler Cup in late 1948, he didn't return to Czechoslovakia and stayed in Switzerland, where he finished the season playing for HC Davos. The next two seasons Zábrodský played for HC Lausanne before ending his professional career. In 1951 he emigrated to the United States through Italy. In 1960 he moved to Belgium, where he lived until his death in 2015.[2][3]
His mother was Russian, and his brother Vladimír was also a hockey player.
References
- Sports Reference
- Alena Gilbert: Hokejista Oldřich Zábrodský o životě v emigraci at Krajane.net, 3 June 2008.
- Oldřich Zábrodský's obituary (in Czech)
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