Golden Glove Winner : František Plánička ( 1938 world cup )

Golden Glove Winner ( 1938 world cup ) :

František Plánička
 

                                                                            

2 June 1904 – 20 July 1996 was a Czech football goalkeeper and one of the most honoured players in the history of Czechoslovakian football.

 He played all his career for Slavia Prague, during which time the club won the Czech league eight times and the Mitropa Cup once. He also became a member of the Czechoslovakia national team and later its captain during the World Cup finals of 1934 (where the Czech team finished second) and 1938. Plánička was a courageous player, to the extent that in Czechoslovakia's 1938 World Cup match against Brazil, he remained on the field despite having suffered a serious injury.He was a goalkeeper of outstanding reflexes and shot-stopping abilities and was also characterized by his sportsmanship, never once being cautioned or sent off in his career. He was awarded the UNESCO International Fair Play Award in 1985
In 1999, the IFFHS elected him the best Czech goalkeeper – and ninth best overall – of the twentieth century.In 2003, he was catalogued as the greatest goalkeeper of an era that included other notable keepers such as Ricardo Zamora and Giampiero Combi.

František Plánička

Personal information
Date of birth	(1904-06-02)2 June 1904
Place of birth	Prague, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	20 July 1996 (aged 92)(1996-07-20)
Place of death	Prague, Czech Republic
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Playing position	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps†	(Gls)†
1923–1939	SK Slavia Praha	969	(0)
National team
1926–1938	Czechoslovakia	73	(0)