Vladimír Dzurilla
| Vladimír Dzurilla | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
2 August 1942 Bratislava, Slovakia | ||
| Died |
27 July 1995 (aged 52) Düsseldorf, Germany | ||
| Height | 5 ft 10 in (178 cm) | ||
| Weight | 205 lb (93 kg; 14 st 9 lb) | ||
| Position | Goaltender | ||
| Caught | Left | ||
| Played for |
HC Slovan Bratislava HC Plzeň Kometa Brno Augsburger Panther SC Riessersee | ||
| National team |
 Czechoslovakia | ||
| Playing career | 1959–1982 | ||
| Olympic medal record | ||
|---|---|---|
| Representing Czechoslovakia
| ||
| Men's Ice hockey | ||
 |
1964 Innsbruck | Ice hockey |
 |
1968 Grenoble | Ice hockey |
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1972 Sapporo | Ice hockey |
Vladimír Dzurilla (2 August 1942 in Bratislava, Slovakia – 27 July 1995 in Düsseldorf, Germany)[1] was a Slovak ice hockey goaltender playing for Czechoslovakia.
Dzurilla, a refrigerator repairman by profession, was goalie for the Czechoslovak national team for over 16 years, winning three gold, three silver and four bronze medals at world championships as well as one silver and two bronze Olympic medals. However, in most of these tournaments Dzurilla and Jiří Holeček were battling to be Czechoslovakia's top goaltender and each were given their share of games.[citation needed]
For North American fans, he is mostly known for stopping 29 shots in a 1-0 win over Canada in the 1976 Canada Cup (where the Czechoslovaks finished second).[2]
Dzurilla was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame in 1998.[3] He suffered a fatal heart attack at his home in Düsseldorf, Germany on 27 July 1995, only days before his 53rd birthday.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b "Olympedia – Vladimír Dzurilla". olympedia.org. OlyMADMen. Retrieved 15 January 2022.
- ^ "Vladimir Dzurilla Biography". telus.net. Archived from the original on April 9, 2011. Retrieved November 9, 2010.
- ^ Pašuth, Peter (27 July 2020). "Milovník hokeja a života, slovenský Hokejista 20. storočia už 25 rokov nie je medzi nami". Slovak Ice Hockey Federation (in Slovak). Retrieved 3 July 2023.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com, or The Internet Hockey Database
- Biography
- Vladimír Dzurilla / kolektívne športy (in Slovak)
- Vladimír Dzurilla at Find a Grave
| International | |
|---|---|
| National | |
- 1942 births
- 1995 deaths
- Augsburger Panther players
- Czechoslovak expatriate ice hockey people
- Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Switzerland
- Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in West Germany
- Czechoslovak ice hockey coaches
- Czechoslovak ice hockey goaltenders
- Czechoslovakia (WHA) players
- Expatriate ice hockey players in West Germany
- HC Kometa Brno players
- HC Plzeň players
- HC Slovan Bratislava players
- Ice hockey people from Bratislava
- Ice hockey players at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- IIHF Hall of Fame inductees
- Medalists at the 1964 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1968 Winter Olympics
- Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics
- Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia
- Olympic ice hockey players for Czechoslovakia
- Olympic medalists in ice hockey
- Olympic silver medalists for Czechoslovakia
- SC Riessersee players
- Slovak ice hockey goaltenders
- Slovak expatriate ice hockey players in Germany