Josef Kuchynka (4 August 1894 – 9 January 1979) was a
Czechoslovak
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*A demonym or adjective pertaining to Czechoslovakia (1918–93)
**First Czechoslovak Republic (1918–38)
**Second Czechoslovak Republic (1938–39)
**Third Czechoslovak Republic (1948–60)
**Fourth Czechoslovak Repub ...
football
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manager and former player. He was also part of Czechoslovakia's squad at the
1924 Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.
A
locksmith by profession, Kuchynka played as a footballer mostly for
DFC Prague
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, a football team of ethnic Germans in Prague. In 1924 he appeared in one
Czechoslovakia national team match, playing against
Yugoslavia
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in
Zagreb
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. During
World War II
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, Kuchynka coached
Sparta Prague
) but refer to Spartans as "''Rudí''" ( en, The Dark Reds/The Maroons).'' Letenští''
, ground = Generali Česká pojišťovna Arena
, capacity = 19,416
, clubname = Sparta Prague
, image = Sparta Praha logo.png
, image_size = 160px
, fu ...
. After the war, he coached
SK Slezská Ostrava from 1946 to 1948.
After the
communist takeover of power in February 1948, he was forbidden to work as a professional football manager and was supposed to work in a
coal mine
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.
He decided to leave Czechoslovakia and later worked in
Poland
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, coaching
Wisła Kraków
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in 1948–1950. He returned to Czechoslovakia in his retirement age.
Footnotes
References
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Trenéři v celé historii Spartyat the Sparta Prague website
1894 births
1979 deaths
Czechoslovak footballers
Czechoslovakia men's international footballers
Czechoslovak football managers
Czechoslovak expatriate football managers
FC Baník Ostrava managers
Wisła Kraków managers
AC Sparta Prague managers
Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Poland
Expatriate football managers in Poland
SK Kladno managers
FC Trinity Zlín managers
FC Zbrojovka Brno managers
MŠK Žilina managers
Men's association football defenders
Footballers from Prague
People from the Kingdom of Bohemia
Olympic footballers of Czechoslovakia
Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
German Bohemian people
DFC Prag players
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