Rudolf "Putte" Kock (29 June 1901 – 31 October 1979) was a Swedish

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and

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player who won a bronze medal in the

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as a football player, being voted the best

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after the tournament. He also made six caps for the Swedish ice hockey team, including the

Ice Hockey European Championship 1922 The 1922 Ice Hockey European Championship was the seventh edition of the ice hockey tournament for European countries associated to the International Ice Hockey Federation. The tournament was played between February 14, and February 16, 1922, in ...

, and scored five goals."Rudolf Kock"
Swedish Olympic Committee (sok.se). After having to end his career prematurely due to a knee injury, he worked as a football coach with AIK's rivals

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and with the national team (1943–1956). Together with

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he qualified Sweden for the

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where they won gold, the

1950 FIFA World Cup The 1950 FIFA World Cup was the fourth edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and held in Brazil from 24 June to 16 July 1950. The planned 1942 and 1946 World Cups were ...

(bronze) and the

1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin ...

(bronze). After his coaching career Kock became a famous and well liked

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Bridge accomplishments

* World Team Championships (

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) Retrieved 5 December 2014. ::Placed third representing Sweden and Iceland in 1950. This edition of the OEB states that the USA defeated Great Britain by 3,660 points and Sweden-Iceland by 4,720 points and that Sweden-Iceland defeated Great Britain by 1,940 points. Depending on the ranking methodology used Sweden-Iceland may be said to have placed either second or third. ::Placed second representing Sweden in 1953 * European Team Championships ::Placed first representing Sweden in 1939 and 1952 ::Placed second representing Sweden in 1948, 1949 and 1950

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Kock, Rudolf 1901 births 1979 deaths Association football wingers Swedish footballers Swedish ice hockey players Swedish contract bridge players Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers of Sweden Olympic bronze medalists for Sweden AIK Fotboll players AIK IF players Sweden international footballers Swedish football managers Sweden national football team managers Djurgårdens IF Fotboll managers Olympic medalists in football Medalists at the 1924 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Stockholm