Putte Kock
Kock at the card table in 1941 (cover of the Swedish weekly magazine Se)
Personal information
Full name Rudolf Kock
Date of birth (1901-06-29)29 June 1901
Place of birth Stockholm, Sweden
Date of death 31 October 1979(1979-10-31) (aged 78)
Place of death Stockholm, Sweden
Position(s) Left wing (football)
Youth career
AIK
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1915–1928 AIK
1926 → US Suisse (loan)
International career
1919–1925 Sweden[1] 37 (12)
Managerial career
1932–1934 Djurgården
1943–1956 Sweden (as chairman of the Selection Committee)
Medal record
Representing  Sweden
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 1924 Paris Football team
European Championships
Silver medal – second place 1922 St. Moritz Ice hockey team
*Club domestic league appearances and 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] as a football player, being voted the best left winger after the tournament.[3] He also made six caps for the Swedish ice hockey team, including the Ice Hockey European Championship 1922, and scored five goals.[4]

After having to end his career prematurely due to a knee injury, he worked as a football coach with AIK's rivals Djurgården and with the national team (1943–1956). 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).[5]

After his coaching career Kock became a famous and well liked sports commentator on Swedish television.[4]

Bridge accomplishments

Placed third representing Sweden and Iceland in 1950[7]
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 978-91-86184-69-8.
  2. ^ Rudolf Kock. sports-reference.com.
  3. ^ SFS (Swedish football historians and statisticians)
  4. ^ a b "Rudolf Kock". Swedish Olympic Committee (sok.se).
  5. ^ "Putte Kock". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
  6. ^ a b "International record for Rudolf Kock". World Bridge Federation. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
  7. ^ Francis, Henry G.; Truscott, Alan F.; Francis, Dorthy A., eds. (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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