| Birth: | Jan. 26, 1950 | | Death: | Aug. 16, 2004 | 
Renowned Hockey Player and Coach. As a player, he won the Hockey World Championships with Czechoslovakia in 1972, 1976 and 1977. He is concidered one of the greatest players in the Czech hockey history, and was appointed "Hockey Legend of the Czech Republic". He also played for Vancouver canucks 1981-1983. After his successful hockey career, he started a new one, as a coach. He became the first European to coach a NHL-team, the Pittsburgh Penguins. He led the Czech Republic Team to win the Olympics in Nagano 1998. (bio by: Peter Robsahm)
Search Amazon for Ivan Hlinka | | | Burial:
Litvinov City Cemetery
Litvinov
Ustecky, Czech Republic |
Maintained by: Find A Grave
Originally Created by: Peter Robsahm
Record added: Aug 16, 2004
Find A Grave Memorial# 9327595 |
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Dear Ivan, yesterday (Jan. 22nd, 2013) was the 15th anniversary of the Czech Hockey olympic gold medal in Nagano, Japan in which you were the coach...Today many of the players on that gold medal team came to the cemetery to visit your grave in honor of th...(Read more)
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