Putte Kock

Putte Kock

Kock at the card table in 1941 (cover of the Swedish weekly magazine Se)
Personal information
Full nameRudolf Kock
Date of birth29 June 1901
Place of birthStockholm, Sweden
Date of death31 October 1979 (aged 78)
Place of deathSweden
Playing positionLeft wing (football)
Youth career
AIK
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps†(Gls)†
1915–1928AIK
1926→ US Suisse (loan)
National team
1919–1925Sweden[1]37(12)
Teams managed
1932–1934Djurgården
1943–1956Sweden (as chairman of the Selection Committee)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Rudolf "Putte" Kock (29 June 1901 – 31 October 1979) was a Swedish football, ice hockey and bridge player who won a bronze medal in the 1924 Summer Olympics[2][3] as a football player, being voted the world's best left winger after the tournament.[4] He also made two caps for the Swedish ice hockey team.

After having to end his career prematurely due to a knee injury, he worked as a football coach, coaching AIK's rivals Djurgården and being the equivalent of national coach (at the Swedish international football selection committee, Uttagningskommittén) between 1943 and 1956. Together with George Raynor he qualified Sweden for the 1948 Summer Olympics where they won gold, the 1950 FIFA World Cup (bronze) and the 1952 Summer Olympics (bronze).

After his coaching career Kock became a very famous and well liked sports commentator on Swedish television.

Bridge accomplishments

Placed third representing Sweden and Iceland in 1950[6]
Placed second representing Sweden in 1953
Placed first representing Sweden in 1939 and 1952
Placed second representing Sweden in 1948, 1949 and 1950

References

  1. ↑ Frantz, Alf; Glanell, Tomas; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2008). Det svenska fotbollslandslaget 1908–2008 [The Swedish National Football Team 1908–2008] (in Swedish). Vällingby: CA Strömberg AB. ISBN 91-86184-69-5.
  2. ↑ "Rudolf Kock". databaseOlympics.com. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  3. ↑ "Rudolf 'Putte' Kock". Swedish Olympic Committee (sok.se). Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  4. ↑ SFS (Swedish football historians and statisticians)
  5. ↑ 5.0 5.1 Rudolf Kock international record at the World Bridge Federation. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  6. ↑ Francis, Henry G., Editor-in-Chief; Truscott, Alan F., Executive Editor; Francis, Dorthy A., Editor, Sixth Edition (2001). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (6th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League. p. 821. ISBN 0-943855-44-6. OCLC 49606900.. This edition of the OEB states that the USA defeated Great Britain by 3,660 points and Sweden-Iceland by 4,720 points and that Sweden-Iceland defeated Great Britain by 1,940 points. Depending on the ranking methodology used Sweden-Iceland may be said to have placed either second or third.

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