Czech footballer
Josef Kuchynka (4 August 1894 – 9 January 1979) was a Czechoslovak football manager and former player. He was also part of Czechoslovakia's squad at the 1924 Olympics , but he did not play in any matches.[ 1]
A locksmith by profession, Kuchynka played as a footballer mostly for DFC Prague , a football team of ethnic Germans in Prague. In 1924 he appeared in one Czechoslovakia national team match, playing against Yugoslavia in Zagreb . During World War II , Kuchynka coached Sparta Prague . After the war, he coached SK Slezská Ostrava from 1946 to 1948.[ 2] After the communist takeover of power in February 1948, he was forbidden to work as a professional football manager and was supposed to work in a coal mine .[ 3] He decided to leave Czechoslovakia and later worked in Poland , coaching Wisła Kraków in 1948–1950. He returned to Czechoslovakia in his retirement age.
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