Lubomír Hrstka
| PaedDr. Lubomír Hrstka | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Born |
28 November 1946 | ||
| Died | 8 October 2025 (aged 78) | ||
| Height | 184 cm (6 ft 0 in) | ||
| Weight | 84 kg (185 lb; 13 st 3 lb) | ||
| Position | Defenseman | ||
| Played for | TJ ZKL/Zetor Brno | ||
Lubomír Hrstka (28 November 1946 – 8 October 2025) was a Czech ice hockey player, coach and businessman. He was the owner of FC Boby Brno from 1992 to 2000 and the Brno Bobycentrum.
Hrstka died on 8 October 2025, at the age of 78.[1]
Hockey career
He played for TJ ZKL/Zetor Brno in the Czechoslovak league. He played 13 league seasons, appeared in 451 league games,[2] scored 33 league goals and had 66 assists. A tough defender with a good shot.
Life
He graduated from the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University. In 1993 he opened a hotel complex with a disco and shops, Bobycentrum, in Brno. At the end of the 1990s his company was declared bankrupt due to debts exceeding 2 billion crowns. In 2001 he was sentenced to three years in prison for damaging a creditor.[3]
He died in October 2025 after a serious illness.[2]
Club statistics
| Season | Club | Competition | Regular season | |||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Z | G | A | B | TM | ||||
| 1967/1968 | TJ ZKL Brno | 1. league | 22 | 4 | 1 | 5 | - | |
| 1968/1969 | TJ ZKL Brno | 1. league | 12 | 1 | 1 | 2 | - | |
| 1969/1970 | TJ ZKL Brno | 1st league | 18 | 2 | 1 | 3 | - | |
| 1970/1971 | TJ ZKL Brno | 1st league | 44 | 2 | 5 | 7 | - | |
| 1971/1972 | TJ ZKL Brno | 1st league | 36 | 2 | 2 | 4 | 26 | |
| 1972/1973 | TJ ZKL Brno | 1st league | league | 36 | 3 | 7 | 10 | 30 |
| 1973/1974 | TJ ZKL Brno | 1st league | 44 | 1 | 15 | 16 | - | |
| 1974/1975 | TJ ZKL Brno | 1st league | 33 | 2 | 6 | 8 | - | |
| 1975/1976 | TJ ZKL Brno | 1st league | 33 | 2 | 4 | 6 | - | |
| 1976/1977 | TJ Zetor Brno | 1st league | 42 | 2 | 0 | 2 | - | |
| 1977/1978 | TJ Zetor Brno | 1st league | 44 | 5 | 4 | 9 | 45 | |
| 1978/1979 | TJ Zetor Brno | 1st league | 44 | 2 | 6 | 8 | 42 | |
| 1979/1980 | TJ Zetor Brno | 1st league | liga | 44 | 5 | 14 | 19 | 46 |
Coaching career
As head coach he led TJ Zetor Brno in the top league.
References
- ^ Punčochář, Jiří (8 October 2025). "Zemřel Lubomír Hrstka, tvůrce Bobycentra a slavné éry brněnského fotbalu". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
- ^ a b "Lubomír Hrstka, former hockey player and owner of Boby Brno, died". www.seznamzpravy.cz (in Czech). 2025-10-08. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
- ^ "I wanted Czechs to live like in the world, the creator of the Brno empire looks back". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 2022-03-22. Retrieved 2022-03-22.