Miroslav Sláma
| Miroslav Sláma | ||||||||||||||
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 Miroslav Sláma | ||||||||||||||
| Born |
17 February 1917 Třebíč, Vysočina, Austria-Hungary | |||||||||||||
| Died |
30 November 2008 (aged 91) Thousand Oaks, California, USA | |||||||||||||
| Position | Defence | |||||||||||||
| Played for | Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team | |||||||||||||
| National team |
 Czechoslovakia | |||||||||||||
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"Michael" Miroslav Sláma (February 17, 1917 in Třebíč, Vysočina, Austria-Hungary – November 30, 2008 in Thousand Oaks, California)[1] was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national team. He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics[2] and a gold medal at the 1947 Ice Hockey World Championships. In total he played 26 games and scored 9 goals for the Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team.
Biography[edit]
Toward the end of World War II, Sláma went to Theresienstadt concentration camp to help people from Třebíč return home.[3] After the communist coup d'état in Czechoslovakia he defected to Switzerland in December 1948 during an ice hockey tournament in Davos, and spent five years as a player and coach there before emigrating to the United States where he became a librarian and library administrator.[4]
After his death in November 2008, his remains were transferred to the Old Cemetery in Třebíč, Czech Republic.
References[edit]
- ^ Michael Miroslav Slama
- ^ Czechoslovakia Ice Hockey at the 1948 Sankt Moritz Winter Games
- ^ Kovář, Pavel (2016-04-04). POHNUTÉ OSUDY: Miroslav Sláma, mistr světa, o kterém se nesmělo psát. Retrieved 2021-07-23.
- ^ Wallechinsky, David & Loucky, Jaime (2009) "Ice Hockey: Men". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited; p. 23
External links[edit]
- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
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