LTC (Lawn Tennis Club) Praha was a Czech

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club founded in 1903 in

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. The main sport in this club was originally

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, with hockey being a minor sport; hockey at the time rather meaning bandy. This changed in 1927 when there was a quarrel among

players of

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, and many elite players moved to LTC. The club then became one of the nation's top teams, with many players from LTC Prague on the Czechoslovak national team. The team won the Spengler Cup seven times, and twice they finished second. While the national team was preparing to depart for the 1950 World Championship they were inexplicably imprisoned, preventing them from defending their world title, and effectively putting an end to LTC Praha.

Achievements

*Czechoslovak league titles: 11 (1937, 1938, 1939, 1940, 1942, 1943, 1944, 1946, 1947, 1948, 1949)

Pre-season

* Spengler cup winner: 7 (1929, 1930, 1932, 1937, 1946, 1947, 1948) * Spengler cup runner-up: 2 (1933, 1938)

Citations

External links

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Website about the history of LTC Praha

* Prague, LTC Prague, LTC Sport in Prague Bandy clubs established in 1903 Ice hockey clubs established in 1903 1903 establishments in Austria-Hungary 20th-century establishments in Bohemia The Famous Czech car racer Jaroslav Juhan played for LTC when he was a young man. From Jaroslav Juhan, Life Without Brakes p38 ISBN 978-80-247-4045-4 {{CzechRepublic-sport-stub