František Kloz
Personal information
Date of birth (1905-05-19)19 May 1905
Place of birth Mlékosrby, Bohemia, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 13 June 1945(1945-06-13) (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
International career
1929–1937 Czechoslovakia 10 (6)
Managerial career
1942–1943 SK Kladno
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

František Kloz (19 May 1905 – 13 June 1945) was a Czech football player.

Club 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), making him the third highest scorer in the competition's history.[1] He was twice the top goalscorer of the league, the first time in the 1929-30 season with 15 and the second in the 1936-37 season with 28 goals.

International career

He played for Czechoslovakia national team, from 1929 to 1937 - scoring six goals in 10 matches. He made his international debut on 28 October 1929 in a Friendly against Yugoslavia, and he only needed 2 minutes to leave his mark as he netted the opening goal in a 4-3 win. However, it took him 7 years to score another goal for his nation, but the wait was worth it as he scored not one, but four goals against Switzerland in a 1936–38 Central European Cup fixture. His last international goal was a late winner against Austria in 24 October 1937.[2]

International goals

Czechoslovakia score listed first, score column indicates score after each Kloz goal.
International goals by cap, date, venue, opponent, score, result and competition[2]
No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 128 October 1929Stadion Letná, Prague, Czechoslovakia Yugoslavia
1–0
4–3Friendly
2 418 October 1936 Hungary
1–1
5–21936–38 Central European Cup
3
2–1
4
3–2
5
4–2
6 824 October 1937 Austria
2–1
2–1

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.[3]

Legacy

Kloz is the most famous player in the history of SK Kladno. The team's home stadium is named after him.

References

  1. ↑ "Slavia Top Scorers of All Times". SK Slavia Praha. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  2. 1 2 "František Kloz". football.eu. Retrieved 28 May 2022.
  3. ↑ "František Kloz".
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