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Bohumil Modrý (24 September 1916 – 21 July 1963) was a goaltender for the Czechoslovakia men's national ice hockey team which won the silver medal at the 1948 Olympics and the 2 gold medals - at the 1947 World Championship and at the 1949 World Championship.[1]
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| Born | September 24, 1916 Prague, Austria-Hungary | |||||||||||||||||||
| Died | July 21, 1963 (aged 46) Prague, Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||||||||
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Modrý played his club hockey with LTC Praha (LTC Prague), which suffered four defections at the 1948 Spengler Cup in Davos. He was still a player with LTC Praha, and travelling as a delegate with the 1950 Czechoslovakia national team in March, when he and his teammates were arrested by the communist authorities. Czech national team has been stopped (Saturday, Mar-11) at the Prague Airport while preparing to travel to London to defend their title at the 1950 World Championship tournament (reason: reporter's visas, but it was lie). On Monday Mar-13 they have been arrested after party on Mar-12. Party was provide in the "Gold Pub", U Herclíků, Pštrossova 192/24, 110 00 Praha 1 – Nové Město and personally Modrý was not there. They were frustrated and in the pub they hates communist party (but secret police - STB - was there also). Some of them were charged with making plans to defect to the West. In October 1950 Modrý and ten other players were convicted of treason . Modrý received the longest sentence, 15 years in prison, as the supposed leader of the potential defection plan (together - 11 people ~ 74 years and 8 months).
Modrý served his prison time in Pankrác Prison in Prague and Bory Prison in Plzeň. He also served some of his time as a forced laborer in the uranium mines in Jáchymov.
Modrý served 5 years of the 15 year sentence, dying in his hometown of Prague 8 years after his release (1955) from incarceration.[2]
References
- Sports Reference
- Tal Pinchevsky, Breakaway: From Behind the Iron Curtain to the NHL (John Wiley & Sons, 2012) pp36-38
External links
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
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[de] Bohumil Modrý
Bohumil Modrý (* 24. September 1916 in Prag; † 21. Juli 1963 ebenda) war ein tschechoslowakischer Eishockeytorwart. Er galt als der beste Eishockeytorwart Europas in den Jahren vor und nach dem Zweiten Weltkrieg.[1] 1950 wurde er für fünf Jahre aus politischen Gründen inhaftiert.- [en] Bohumil Modrý
[fr] Bohumil Modrý
Bohumil Modrý (né le 24 septembre 1916 à Prague et mort le 21 juin 1963 à Prague) est un joueur de hockey sur glace de l'équipe nationale de Tchécoslovaquie. Il gagna une médaille d'argent aux Jeux olympiques d'hiver de 1948[1].[ru] Модры, Богумил
Богумил Модры (чеш. Bohumil Modrý; 24 сентября 1916, Прага — 21 июля 1963, Прага) — чехословацкий хоккеист, вратарь, выступавший за команду ЛТЦ Прага и национальную сборную Чехословакии. Чемпион мира и Европы, серебряный призёр зимних Олимпийских игр в Санкт-Морице. Член Зала славы ИИХФ (с 15 мая 2011 года), член Зала славы чешского хоккея (c 4 ноября 2008 года).Другой контент может иметь иную лицензию. Перед использованием материалов сайта WikiSort.org внимательно изучите правила лицензирования конкретных элементов наполнения сайта.
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