František Tikal

František Tikal (18 July 1933 – 10 August 2008) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey defenseman. He played 17 seasons in the Czechoslovak Extraliga for HC Sparta Praha and won two national titles. Internationally he played 59 games for Czechoslovakia, including 15 at the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics, and earned an Olympic bronze medal in 1964, placing fourth in 1960. He was named the best defender of the tournament at the 1964 Olympics and 1965 World Championships. At the 1960 Games he played one game against his twin brother Zdeněk, who fled to Australia in 1948. In 2004 Tikal was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame.[1][2]

František Tikal

Zdeněk and František (right) at the 1960 Olympics
Personal information
Born	18 July 1933 Včelná, Czechoslovakia
Died	10 August 2008 (aged 75) Prague, Czech Republic
Height	180 cm (5 ft 11 in)
Weight	82 kg (181 lb)
Sport
Sport	Ice hockey
Club	HC Sparta Praha
Medal record Representing  Czechoslovakia Olympic Games 1964 Innsbruck Team World Championships 1957 Moscow Team 1959 Prague Team 1963 Stockholm Team 1965 Tampere Team 1966 Ljubljana Team

References

1. "Tschechisches Eishockey-Idol Tikal gestorben". Handelsblatt (in German). 10 August 2008. Retrieved 22 October 2018.
2. "František Tikal". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 22 October 2018.

External links

• Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
• HC Sparta Praha profile (in Czech)
• Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "František Tikal". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 19 May 2011.