Jan Košek

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Goalscoring talent shows In 1905 he returned to Slavia Prague and met his new coach Johnny Madden. The way Slavia Prague trained changed massively, it became more expertly done and more modern. At this point in his career for Slavia Prague, he scored 178 goals. Jan was highly coveted by Vienna Cricket and Football Club and by Rangers. 1906 was a great year for him and Slavia Prague. During this year, Slavia Prague played 48 matches and won 39 times, with a goals scored to goals conceded ratio of 340:62. He at least scored 148 goals for Slavia Prague this season in 43 games. On 24 March Slavia Prague played a match against Budapesti Postás SE, in which Jan scored 4 goals. Košek had an explosive, violent temperament, a character that had the same trait in play as inaction. It was during this match in Pest on the MAC field. One of the Hungarian players knocked down Vaňek brutally. When treating him, a group Hungarian players are standing about 20 meters from us, surrounding Vaňek. Košek, seeing his injured friend, takes a look at the player who attacked Vaňek. The ball lied about a meter from his feet. Indignantly, he…Citește mai mult

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Charity Cup triumphs In 1908, Slavia Prague B won the Charity Cup, with Košek scoring more than 45 goals. Kosek scored 5 against SK Vinohrady on 23 February 1908. A game later, he replicated his feat and scored another 5 against SK Smichov. Košek could have made a move to Newcastle United after an offer was made. In 1909, Slavia Prague only played a total of 40 matches, Jan scored 58 goals. In a game against SK Smíchov, in May, the Narodni Listy journalist describes one of Košek's goals; "The goalkeeper flies towards him, they both collide with each other, but Košek, with a coolness reminiscent of similar masterful feats by Bloomer, he kicked the ball into the net." In 1910 Slavia Prague played 21 matches and did not lose a single one. Jan picked up 135 goals. These matches were played against amateur teams from England. Slavia Prague managed to win a second Charity Cup. In the semi-final Slavia Prague beat Sparta Prague 5–1 and in the final Slavia Prague won 5–2 against CFK Smíchov Praha. In both of these games Košek scored a goal. During this season Košek played his 200th match for Slavia Prague, before this games…Citește mai mult

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Personal life Jan's parents died in 1904, in May Františka died and in November it was Jan. Jan Košek is said to have suffered from a thyroid disease, hyperparathyroidism, since childhood. Among other things, it affected his joints. With this disease, the joints stiffen, bones often break, and even if they do not, physical activity causes great pain. At first, the disease probably did not prevent him from his great performances, but later it started to worsen and ended his football career prematurely. What followed was the sad end of one of the fastest men and best strikers on the planet. Jan Košek allegedly ended up in total paralysis, when he was unable to move at all. Košek is a sibling-in-law to former teammate Jindřich Baumruk, due to Jan marrying Baumruk's sister, Julia Baumrukova. Also Košek's son is Jan Košek.

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Style of play Košek was a very strong and fast athlete, clocking 100m in 11 seconds. He had such a powerful left-foot which allowed him to score many longshots. Due to his high speed, he always played on the final man on the attack and was able to spin away from the defender with ease. He would complete the attack from any position on the pitch. Wilhelm Cepurski, former Wisła Kraków player, once said about Jan: "Košek, yes, the leading forward of Slavia. I had the pleasure to tackle him in the match. The peasant was bulky, his legs like telegraph poles. Taking advantage of the fact that the ball was wet, heavy and slippery, he often hit from a distance, and our poor goalkeeper did not have the strength to stop such shots and the result 10–3 to Slavia Prague." In 1905, Košek played for Sparta in 2–3 loss to Ferencváros and despite being on the losing side, "performed at an outstanding class". When playing for Sparta, Košek represented Prague against Budapest, an author of Nemzeti Sport commented: "the Czechs' high scoring ability was only due to Kosek's magnificent play and the team's greater training." Another author, this time…Citește mai mult

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Legacy Statisticians have claimed he scored over 800 times in his career, with the figures 804 or 819 coming up the most frequently.Some sources even say he scored more than 1000 goals. These 3 numbers are due to the uncertainty of the goals Jan scored for Slavia. A Sport a hry newspaper was published and stated: "As of 16 January 1914, Slavia has scored 3829 goals since the creation of the club. Jan Košek scored the most with 804 goals." More recently, statisticians have expanded the tally to 819 goals because goals from the years 1913 and 1914 were not included in the 804 tally. In 1989, a book called Belfast Celtic was published by John Kennedy. The author wrote about Belfast Celtic's trip to Bohemia in 1912, "Then there was the prolific inside-left by the name of "Kojak" who was reputed to have scored 800 goals in just 5 seasons". The uncertainty of Košek's goals relies on many factors. Slavia archivists within the Slavia Museum commented: "The archive documenting all matches and goals of Jan Košek was burned as well as the Slavia in Letná. This was caused by the Wehrmacht on the 6 May 1945 during the Prague…Citește mai mult

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Later life and death After his playing career Jan worked in senior positions at Slavia Prague for many years. He died on 30 December 1927, at the age of 43, which was a young age even for that time. Two days later, on 1 January 1928, an author of České slovo wrote; "14 days ago, we were told by the deceased victim's family that his condition was hopeless and that he was physically unrecognizable. We did not have the courage, knowing him as a man of physical strength and temperament, to visit him. On 4 January 1928, an author of České slovo wrote; "Yesterday afternoon, a large number of athletes and friends of sports, especially the older generation, gathered to pay their respects to a man who, as a football player and athlete, contributed in an excellent way to the popularity of our sport at home and its good conduct abroad. The memories of the great performances of the phenomenal were alive in everyone's mind of the player Jan Košek and it was too hard to come to terms with the hard fact that he passed away. Above the coffin, decorated with lots of flowers. Every year, the Slavia Prague…Citește mai mult

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R.I.P
Jan

Jan Košek (28 July 1884 – 30 December 1927) was a Czech footballer who played as a striker. He scored 819 unofficial goals in 302 games for Slavia Prague and won three consecutive Charity Cups. Additionally he won a Silver Cup and the European Amateur Championship.

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Early life Jan Košek was born on 28 July 1884 in Turnov. His father was Jan Baptista Košek and his mother was Františka Košek, originally Peldová. They raised five children, and only Jan lived to adulthood. Jan had three sisters and a brother and the family owned two houses, numbers 31 and 40 on Hrustická street. He spent his childhood in Turnov, where he attended his local school. In the middle of 1895, his father came to the decision to move to Prague, where Jan went to study. The first match that was ever recorded, that Jan played in, was in 1900 for Letenský kroužek. The score ended 5–4 to Letenský kroužek and Košek scored 3 of the 5. For the first few years of his life in Prague, Košek played for Academic Gymnasium Prague, Letenský kroužek and Union Letná.

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Emerging talent Košek started his career and Union Letna where he played 4 games and scored 4 goals. He played against Slavia Prague in two of those matches, scoring in one of them.

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Transfer to Sparta In November 1904 he transferred to Sparta Prague and played a year there with fellow Slavia Prague teammates, Jindřich Baumruk and Rudolf Krummer. In the same year, both his parents and his sister died. His debut game, Kosek put 6 past SK Smichov in a 12–2 victory. On 25 December 1904, Sparta played against First Vienna and won 7–2. Košek scored 7 goals. The next day, a game against Wiener AC, which ended 3–3. Košek scored 3 goals and the referee was Hugo Meisl. During his time at Sparta Jan played more than 25 games and scored more than 75 goals.

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International career Jan Košek would regularly play for Bohemia and Moravia as well as the Prague national team. In 1903 he defended the colours of the national team of Prague in a game against Budapest, which Prague lost 2–1. Many of his games for Prague are not classified in his official statistics. The Bohemia and Moravia played several matches under the regulations of FIFA from 1906 to 1908. Košek took part in three of them and scored four goals. On 7 October 1906 Bohemia and Moravia drew 4–4 with Hungary and Košek scored a goal in the 88th minute to set the final score. Kosek 2, Baumruk scored 1 and Jan Jenny-Stary scored the other, however, other sources claim that Košek scored 2 and so did Jenny Stary. The next year they met again in a friendly, Bohemia and Moravia won 5–3 and Košek scored a hat-trick and Josef Bělka scored the other two. But again another source claims that Košek scored 4 and Josef only got one. In 1908, FIFA did not allow Bohemia and Moravia to take part in the 1908 London Olympics. In September and October 1909, the Bohemia and Moravia team went on a tour to…Citește mai mult

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60 meters in 7.0 seconds 100 yards in 10.2 seconds 100 meters in 11.0 seconds 220 yard hurdles in 33.6 seconds 300 meters in 38.6s He also ran;

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On 22 February 1903, Košek made his debut as an 18-year-old, in the red and white colours of Slavia Prague, in a 9–1 win vs CAFC Vinohrady. Journalists praised him, fans raised eyebrows and his goals convinced everyone. On 1 April 1903, Slavia Prague acquired the pupil of the Academic Gymnasium Jan Košek and publicly admitted that the transfer took place (for the first time in our football history) for money. She paid the membership fees to the current SK Union club, paid for club membership in our club and gave the student "the necessary financial support". During this time, Košek was still studying at the academic gymnasium and had to hide from the school authorities in newspaper reports and in photographs. Košek's first known hat-trick for Slavia was against his former club, Union Letna. His first goal came in the 20th minute and his third came in the 40th. He scored one final goal in the 70th minute. During a game against First Vienna, Slavia scored 5 goals in the space of 13 minutes, Košek himself, scored 4 goals in 10 minutes. His most goals in one game, came against Berliner FV. He scored 10 goals in 15–0 victory,…Citește mai mult

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Final years 1912 was another great year for Košek, he notched up 68 goals. For the third time in a row, Slavia Prague won the Charity Cup, in a 4–3 victory against FK Viktoria Žižkov. On 26 March 1912, the Slavia footballers won over the team of English students at the University of London 6–1. The day before, on 25 March, they won 5–0. In these matches, Košek scored 6 goals, Šroubek and Jaroslav Bohata after two goals, Široký scored one, this total is for both games together. In addition to the shooters, Romováček's goalkeepers were also on the field in both matches, and Pimmer caught the next day. Rudolf Krummer, Richard Veselý and Hajný played in the defence, Emmanuel Benda, Majzl, G. Macoun and Holý were in the middle and Medek the attacker. By the end of 1912, Kosek had scored 803 goals in 295 games for Slavia Prague. 1913 was Košek's final full year at Slavia Prague as a player. On 29 March he announced that he was to retire from football at the age of just 29. Jan Košek, the long-time captain of SK Slavia, a football player of which there are only a few in the…Citește mai mult

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50 meter in 5.8 seconds 200 meters 24.2 seconds 220 yards 24.8 He held the joint world record for 60 meters with American sprinter Archie Hahn and held Czech records in the 50m, 60m, 100m, 200m, 300m and 100 yards. In 1906, Košek took part in 60m sprint in the Austrian Championships. Due to a slow start, he only finished 3rd in the race.