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Bohumil Modrý
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 Ice hockey at the 1948 Winter Olympics, 1948 Olympics and the 2 gold medals - at the 1947 World Ice Hockey Championships, 1947 World Championship and at the 1949 World Ice Hockey Championships, 1949 World Championship. Modrý played his club hockey with LTC Praha (LTC Prague), which suffered four defections at the Spengler Cup, 1948 Spengler Cup in Davos. He was still a player with LTC Praha, and travelling as a delegate with the 1950 World Ice Hockey Championships, 1950 Czechoslovakia national team in March, when he and his teammates were arrested by the communist Czechoslovakia, 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 Ice Hockey Championships, 1950 World Championship tournament (reaso ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prague
Prague ( ; cs, Praha ; german: Prag, ; la, Praga) is the capital and largest city in the Czech Republic, and the historical capital of Bohemia. On the Vltava river, Prague is home to about 1.3 million people. The city has a temperate oceanic climate, with relatively warm summers and chilly winters. Prague is a political, cultural, and economic hub of central Europe, with a rich history and Romanesque, Gothic, Renaissance and Baroque architectures. It was the capital of the Kingdom of Bohemia and residence of several Holy Roman Emperors, most notably Charles IV (r. 1346–1378). It was an important city to the Habsburg monarchy and Austro-Hungarian Empire. The city played major roles in the Bohemian and the Protestant Reformations, the Thirty Years' War and in 20th-century history as the capital of Czechoslovakia between the World Wars and the post-war Communist era. Prague is home to a number of well-known cultural attractions, many of which survived the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
