Jaroslav Burgr (7 March 1906, in
Velké Přítočno
Velké Přítočno is a municipality and village in Kladno District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 1,100 inhabitants.
Etymology
The initial name of the village was Přietočeň. The name was derived from the Cze ...
– 15 September 1986) was a
Czech
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* Anything from or related to the Czech Republic, a country in Europe
** Czech language
** Czechs, the people of the area
** Czech culture
** Czech cuisine
* One of three mythical brothers, Lech, Czech, and Rus
*Czech (surnam ...
football
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defender. He played for
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...
.
He was a participant in two World Cups, in
1934
Events
January–February
* January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established.
* January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...
and
1938
Events
January
* January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS).
* January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...
. He played 57 matches for the national team,
as well as making 3 appearances for
Czechoslovakia Amateur.
Burgr played domestic football mostly for
AC Sparta Prague
Athletic Club Sparta Praha (), commonly known as Sparta Prague and Sparta Praha, is a professional association football, football club based in Prague.
It is the most successful club in the Czech Republic and one of the most successful in cen ...
, making 242 appearances and scoring once between 1930 and 1944. During that period he also won five league titles. Additionally he was part of the victorious Sparta teams in the
1927 Mitropa Cup and
1935 Mitropa Cup.
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References
External links
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Biography at spartaforever.cz
1906 births
1986 deaths
Czech men's footballers
Czechoslovak men's footballers
Czechoslovak First League players
Men's association football defenders
1934 FIFA World Cup players
1938 FIFA World Cup players
AC Sparta Prague players
FK Baník Most 1909 players
Czechoslovakia men's international footballers
People from Kladno District
People from the Kingdom of Bohemia
Footballers from the Central Bohemian Region
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