Jindřich Baumruk
Baumruk circa 1907
Personal information
Date of birth (1881-09-23)23 September 1881
Place of birth Rakovník, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 5 May 1964(1964-05-05) (aged 82)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1896–1904 Slavia Prague
1904–1905 Sparta Prague
1905–1907 Slavia Prague
International career
1906 Bohemia 1 (1[1][2])
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Jindřich Baumruk (23 September 1881 – 5 May 1964) was a Czech footballer who played as a forward.[3]

Club career

Jindřich started his career at Slavia Prague in 1896, at just 15. His first recorded game was in 1897 as Slavia Prague took on their "B" side at beat them 3–1, to win the Czech Crown. Baumruk won the Mistrovství Čech a Moravy, 4 consecutive times from 1897-1899, this is due to the 1897 seasons have an Autumn season and Spring season.[4][5][6]

A hat-trick against Union Vienna was Baumruk's best performance of 1900 and this result meant that Slavia hit double digits for the fourth time that season. Baumruk continued his great form into the 1901 season, scoring 2 against Civil Service in October. One of his goals came through dribbling through several defenders and placing it past the keeper. He played 13 games in 1901, scoring 7 goals and assisting 8 times [7][8]

On 16 March 1902, Slavia defeated CAFC Vinohrady 9-1 with Baumruk achieving 3 assists. A week later, he repeated this feat against Karlsvorstadt Stuttgart in a 9-2 triumph. By 1902 Jindřich had 71 goals for Slavia Prague. An incredible 34 goals and 30 assists in only 25 games that season. [9][10][11]

In 1903, Baumruk contributed 5 times against Graphia Vienna, he scored 2 goals and got 3 assists. Throughout the 1903 campaign, Baumruk again proved that he was one of the best right-wingers in continental Europe scoring 24 goals and assisting on 31 occasions. In 1904, he prevailed again against Civil Service, assisting on 4 occasions, as Slavia Prague bettered their opponents 6-3.[12][13]

In November of 1904, Jindřich, Jan Košek and Rudolf Krummer headed to Sparta Prague for a year. Before the season ended, Baumruk returned to Slavia Prague earlier than the others, with only 4 games, 1 goal and two assists to his a name Sparta Prague shirt. Upon returning to Slavia Prague he totalled 19 goal contributions in only 11 games. In 1906, he scored two in a 3–3 draw against Scottish champions Celtic. He showed signs of his earlier form, amounting 17 assists, 13 goals in just 19 games. He finalised his time at Slavia Prague, in 1907 where he picked 3 goals and 5 assists in 4 games, before hanging up his boots.[14][15][16]

Personal life

Baumruk is a sibling-in-law to former teammate Jan Košek, due to Jan marrying Baumruk's sister. Also Baumruk's nephew is Jan Košek being his sister's son. Jindřich Baumruk, still in his seventies, remembered the beginnings of football in Prague, "On Vinohradská Kanálka, a flat plot in the place of today's Riegrový Sady, where students from both Vinohrady secondary schools - from the gymnasium in Hálková street and from the Na Smetánce school used to gather to play football.[17][18]

Honours

  • Mistrovství Čech a Morav: 1897 (spring), 1897 (autumn), 1898, 1899, 1900, 1901

References

  1. ↑ Strack-Zimmermann, Benjamin. "Jindrich Baumruk (Player)". national-football-teams.com.
  2. ↑ "Nadace fotbalových internacionálů". fotbal-nadacefi.cz.
  3. ↑ "Státní oblastní archiv v Praze". ebadatelna.soapraha.cz.
  4. ↑ "Jindřich Baumruk". www.slavistickahistorie.cz.
  5. ↑ "SK Slavia Praha 1897". slavia.cz.
  6. ↑ "eFotbal.cz » Česká liga : Slavii nebylo přiznáno deset historických titulů, Spartě čtyři. Vzniká iniciativa, která chce, aby t". eFotbal.cz.
  7. ↑ "1900". www.slavistickahistorie.cz.
  8. ↑ "1901". www.slavistickahistorie.cz.
  9. ↑ "Digitální knihovna Kramerius". www.digitalniknihovna.cz.
  10. ↑ "Digitální knihovna Kramerius". www.digitalniknihovna.cz.
  11. ↑ "SK Slavia Praha 1902". slavia.cz.
  12. ↑ "Digitální knihovna Kramerius". www.digitalniknihovna.cz.
  13. ↑ "Digitální knihovna Kramerius". www.digitalniknihovna.cz.
  14. ↑ "1905". www.slavistickahistorie.cz.
  15. ↑ "1906". www.slavistickahistorie.cz.
  16. ↑ "1907". www.slavistickahistorie.cz.
  17. ↑ "Historie - Jan Kosek". slavia.cz.
  18. ↑ "Ostatní". Letná a Letenská Pláň.
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