- Putte Kock
37 (12)
manageryears = 1932-1934
1943-1956
managerclubs = Djurgården
Sweden
"(As chairman of the Selection Committe)
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ntupdate =Rudolf "Putte" Kock (
June 29 ,1901 –October 31 ,1979 ) was a Swedish football,ice hockey and bridge player who won a bronze medal in the1924 Summer Olympics [ [http://www.databaseolympics.com/players/playerpage.htm?ilkid=KOCKRUD01 Olympics database] ] [ [http://www.sok.se/5.aad0b10833d63e5c800046365.html Swedish Olympic Committee] ] as a football player, being voted the World's best left winger after the tournament [ [http://www.bolletinen.se/sfs/hof_meriter.htm SFS] "(Swedish football historians and statisticians)"] . He also made two caps for the Swedish icehockey 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 the1948 Summer Olympics where they won gold, the1950 FIFA World Cup (bronze) and the1952 Summer Olympics (bronze).After his coaching career Kock became a very famous and well liked
sports commentator on Swedish television.References
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