František Kloz
František Kloz (19 May 1905 – 13 June 1945) was a Czech football player.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 May 1905 | ||
| Place of birth | Mlékosrby, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | 13 June 1945 (aged 40) | ||
| Place of death | Louny, Czechoslovakia | ||
| Position(s) | Striker | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Nový Bydžov | |||
| – | Chlumec nad Cidlinou | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1926–1927 | Slavoj Roudnice nad Labem | ||
| 1927–1928 | SK Roudnice | ||
| 1928–1930 | SK Kladno | ||
| 1931 | SK Slavia Praha | ||
| 1932 | SK Kladno | ||
| 1933 | Sparta Prague | ||
| 1934–1940 | SK Kladno | ||
| 1940–1941 | SK Slaný | ||
| 1941–1943 | Slavoj Roudnice nad Labem | ||
| 1943–1945 | SK Vinařice | ||
| National team | |||
| 1929–1937 | Czechoslovakia | 10 | (6) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1942–1943 | SK Kladno | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only | |||
Career
Kloz played most of his career for SK Kladno and became its manager in 1942-43. He scored 175 goals in 192 matches in the Czechoslovak First League (172 for Kladno, 3 for Slavia), becoming twice the top goalscorer of the league.
He played for Czechoslovakia national team, from 1929 to 1937 - ten matches scoring six goals.
World War II
An anti-Nazi during German occupation of Czechoslovakia in World War II, in May 1945 Kloz went out to fight as a volunteer non-soldier against German Nazi occupants. He was seriously wounded on 7 May, when his party sought to capture a German-held ammunition store two days before the enemy surrendered in Czechoslovakia. He died a month later in a hospital in Louny.[1]
Legacy
Kloz is the most famous player in the history of SK Kladno. The team's home stadium is named after him.