František Kloz

František Kloz
Personal information
Date of birth19 May 1905
Place of birthMlékosrby, Austria-Hungary
Date of death13 June 1945 (aged 40)
Place of deathLouny, Czechoslovakia
Playing positionStriker
Youth career
Nový Bydžov
Chlumec nad Cidlinou
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1926-1927Slavoj Roudnice nad Labem
1927-1928SK Roudnice
1928-1930SK Kladno
1931SK Slavia Praha
1932SK Kladno
1933Sparta Prague
1934-1940SK Kladno
1940-1941SK Slaný
1941-1943Slavoj Roudnice nad Labem
1943-1945SK Vinařice
National team
1929-1937Czechoslovakia10(6)
Teams managed
1942-1943SK Kladno
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

František Kloz (19 May 1905 in Mlékosrby 13 June 1945 in Louny) was a Czech football player.

Kloz played most of his career for SK Kladno. He scored 175 goals in 192 matches in the Czechoslovak First League (172 for Kladno, 3 for Slavia), becoming twice the best goalscorer of the league.

He played for Czechoslovakia national team, from 1929 to 1937 - ten matches scoring six goals.

In May 1945 Kloz went out to fight against German Nazi occupants, he was seriously wounded and died several days later in a hospital in Louny.

Kloz is the most famous player in the history of SK Kladno. Team's home stadium is named after him.

References