Milan_Matouš

Milan Matouš

Milan Matouš

Czech-Italian ice hockey player

Milan Matouš (4 March 1923 — February 2003) was a Czech-Italian ice hockey and tennis player.

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Matouš, born in Prague, played for I. ČLTK Praha in the Czechoslovak First Ice Hockey League during the 1940s and represented the Czechoslovakia national ice hockey team.[1]

In 1948 he defected with his future wife, tennis player Helena Štraubeová.[2]

Settling in Italy, Matouš played ice hockey for HC Milan, while also competing on the tennis tour. He won the 1949 Portuguese International Championships and was a doubles quarter-finalist at the 1950 Wimbledon Championships. His ice hockey career also included a season in Switzerland with HC Ambrì-Piotta and international appearances for Italy.[3]

References

  1. [1]
    "Matous, l'hockeista-tennista che giocò a Wimbledon e fece grande il Bolzano". Alto Adige (in Italian). 27 August 2022.
  2. [2]
    "Drobny Slates Czech Match". The Salt Lake Tribune. 25 April 1948.
  3. [3]
    "Quando se dicevi hockey pensavi solo a via Roma - Sport". Alto Adige (in Italian). 21 September 2018.
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