Josef Fleischlinger (12 December 1911 – 4 April 2013) was a Czechoslovak basketball coach and referee, an ice hockey referee, and a sports official.
Biography
At first a basketball player in Brno, Fleischlinger later became a coach and led the Sokol Brno I. team to give title victories in the Czechoslovak Basketball League between 1945 and 1951. He was an assistant coach of the Czechoslovak basketball team at the 1946 European Championship in Geneva, where the team won a gold medal. As a coach, he twice led the national team at the Olympics (1948 in London — 7th place; 1952 in Helsinki — 10th place) and twice earned a silver medal at EuroBasket (1947 in Prague, 1955 in Budapest). From 1946, he was a FIBA referee, later a commissioner at FIBA tournaments. He relinquished his coaching career in 1955 in order to devote himself to his duties as the FIBA official. In the Czechoslovak Basketball Federation, Fleischlinger headed the referee section and was a member of the Federation's committee.
As an ice hockey referee, Josef Fleischlinger took part at four games at the 1948 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz. Among others, he worked the Canada - Sweden match (3-1) on January 30, 1948. Fleischlinger was inducted into the City of Brno Sports Hall of Fame in 2011.
Coach
1945-1951 Sokol Brno I., 5x League Champion
1946-1955 Czechoslovakia national basketball team
Achievements: Summer Olympic Games (coach): 1948 London (7th place) and 1952 Helsinky (10th place) EuroBasket (assistant coach): 1946 Geneva (European Champion) EuroBasket (coach) 2x runner-up: 1947 Prague (2nd place) and 1955 Budapest (2nd place)
International referee
1946 FIBA, international basketball referee, FIBA official for international games 1948 Winter Olympic Games 1948, 4 games of the Olympic ice hockey tournament
Sports official
From 1969 committee member of the basketball section of the Czechoslovak Sports Association, head of the referee commission
Published works
Josef Fleischlinger, Zdeněk Procházka : Pravidla košíkové, 1. vydání, Praha : Olympia, 1977, 69s
References
External links
Basketbalový trenér, hokejový rozhodčí Fleischlinger slaví stovku web brnensky.denik.cz, 11.12.2011 Dlouhý život přivedl Josefa Fleischlingera k hokeji i basketbalu web ceskatelevize.cz, 12.12.2011 Trenér Fleischlinger oslavil stovku na setkání s legendami web sport.cz, 16.12.2011 Zemřel legendární 101letý basketbalista Josef Fleischlinger web pravednes.cz, 04.04.2013 Zemřela legenda československého basketbalu Josef Fleischlinger web cbf.cz, 05.04.2013 Trenér, který víc ukazoval, než mluvil web basket.idnes.cz, 10.04.2013 In English IV EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP GENEVE 1946) web linguasport.com V EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (PRAHA 1947) web linguasport.com 1947 — NATIONAL SQUADS web linguasport.com II Olympic Basketball Tournament (London 1948) web linguasport.com 1948 — NATIONAL SQUADS web linguasport.com III Olympic Basketball Tournament (Helsinki 1952) web linguasport.com 1952 — NATIONAL SQUADS web linguasport.com IX EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP (BUDAPEST 1955) web linguasport.com 1955 — NATIONAL SQUADS web linguasport.com