Augustin Bubník, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Augustin Bubník

Czech politician and ice hockey coach

Date of Birth: 21-Nov-1928

Place of Birth: Prague, Czech Republic

Date of Death: 18-Apr-2017

Profession: politician, ice hockey coach, ice hockey player

Nationality: Czech Republic

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio

Augustin "Gustav" Bubník (21 November 1928 in Prague, Czechoslovakia – 18 April 2017 in Prague, Czech Republic) was an ice hockey player for the Czechoslovak national team.
He won a silver medal at the 1948 Winter Olympics.
He also played in the 1947 and 1949 World Championships, of which Czechoslovakia won both.
He later worked as an ice hockey coach and was elected as an MP to the lower chamber of the Czech Parliament from the Civic Democratic Party.
He also worked as the ice hockey coach of the Finnish National Team from 1966 to 1969, and was later inducted into the Finnish Hockey Hall of Fame. He died on 18 April 2017, at the age of 88.