František Plánička was a Czech football goalkeeper and one of the most honoured players in the history of Czechoslovak football. He played all his career for Slavia Prague, during which time the club
Goalkeepers and captains Gianpiero Combi (left) and František Plánička shake hands at the Stadio Nazionale PNF before the 1934 FIFA World Cup final won by Italy 2–1 on 10 June 1934
Angelo Schiavio scores against Plánička in the 1934 World Cup final
Netherlands Captain Puck Van Heel (left) greets Plánička prior to the match the Czech won (0–3) on 5 June 1938 at the Stade municipal du Havre in the first round of the 1938 World Cup
Gianpiero Combi was an Italian footballer who played as a goalkeeper. He spent his entire club career at Juventus, where he won five Italian League titles. At international level, he won the 1934 Worl
František Plánička
…twentieth century. In 2003, he was cataloged as the greatest pre-war goalkeeper in Europe along with other notable keepers such as Ricardo Zamora and Gianpiero Combi. František Plánička was born on 2 July 1904 in the Prague district of Žižkov as the eldest of three children of carpenter Karel Plánička. His childhood…
Virginio Rosetta, Combi and Umberto Caligaris with Juventus in the early 1930s
Combi (left) as Italian goalkeeper and captain in the 1934 World Cup, here with his Spanish colleague Ricardo Zamora in the Quarter-finals.
From left to right: Italian manager Pozzo, Monzeglio, Bertolini, Combi, Monti (half-hidden) and the assistant manager Carcano (behind) before the start of extra time in the victorious final versus Czechoslovakia.