Football player Jan Kopřiva

db - posted on 1 November 2020 at 10:26:17

Died 30.01.1940 (Tuesday at 06:30) (link: ) (link: ) at the age of 49 (link: )

db - posted on 2 March 2021 at 08:06:36

František Xav. Kopřiva (link: )

Sterez - posted on 13 January 2022 at 19:41:18

I am a Czech football historian and I correct these huge mistakes. Find out about me. There is no source. You could have been the first, but if there is no interest, there is nothing to do ...

Sterez - posted on 13 January 2022 at 19:41:48

My name is Roman Jašek

db - posted on 13 January 2022 at 20:29:29

Hi, Roman,
there is great interest to correct mistakes, but if you don’t know where you found name and dates of birth and death of the footballer, why we should be sure that they are correct? We always prove here why we think that some data is wrong.

Sterez - posted on 13 January 2022 at 21:50:47

But I know where I found it in the registry. But it doesn’t matter. The important thing is that they are two different people. Jan Kopřiva - football player and coach and František Kopřiva - wrestler. That’s the main difference

Sterez - posted on 13 January 2022 at 22:10:37 - 1

Jan KOPŘIVA (31. 10. 1894 Praha – 15.11.1977)
Jeník začínal s fotbalem tak, že si nejdříve hrál se stejně starými vrstevníky na jednom z libeňských travnatých plácků. Narodil se do chudé libeňské rodiny kloboučníka Viléma (1868) a pomocné dělnice matky Matyldy (1871-roz. Casstelová), jako prvorozený syn ze třech dětí, měl mladší sestry Vlastu a Boženu. Později se ochomýtal, spolu s dalšími hochy, kolem libeňských opravdových hřišť. Zde nejen s úctou okukoval vážené playery, ale jakmile se uvolnila hrací plocha, zkoušel to, spolu s ostatními s opravdovým míčem. Jednoho dne partu hochů pozoroval trenér dorostenců SK Meteor VIII a pozval je na trénink nově vznikajícího žákovského družstva zelenobílých. A ihned byla ruka v rukávě, jak se říká, několik šikovných chlapců se opravdu herně chytlo a byli zapsáni za řádné členy zelenobílých. Vyučený truhlář Jan v klubu prošel všemi kategoriemi a v roce 1914, na prahu světové války začal hrát v prvním týmu „meteorské chasy“. (...)

Sterez - posted on 13 January 2022 at 22:13:53

Part of the book about the fates of forgotten Czech players abroad is dedicated to Jan Kopriv, in which I participated. You have to translate it..
RJ

db - posted on 14 January 2022 at 05:53:15

Roman, in your article is written that he came to Sparta in winter 1921 but there are many sources that he played for Meteor VIII whole 1922 (link: ) (link: ) (link: )

Sterez - posted on 14 January 2022 at 08:21:20

Yes, a colleague has a mistake there. This is not my book, I was just supplying life data there. Kopřiva went on a trip to Spain with Sparta in December 1922 and has already stayed there.