František Plánička foi o goleiro e capitão da Tchecoslováquia vice-campeã mundial em 1934 e jogou toda a carreira no Slavia Praga, com quem ganhou a Copa Mitropa de 1938.
František Plánička
František Plánička was born in Prague on June 2, 1904, and died on July 20, 1996. He is considered one of the greatest goalkeepers in European football during the period between the two World Wars. He played for Slavia Praga only, from 1923 to 1939, and won several national titles and the 1938 Mitropa Cup, one of the most important club tournaments in Europe at that time. For Czechoslovakia, he played in 73 matches. He was the captain of the runner-up team at the 1934 World Cup, defeated by Italy 2-1 in the final's extra time in Rome. In the 1938 Cup, he played with a fractured arm during part of the quarter-finals against Brazil, in Bordeaux, a match that ended in a 1-1 draw. He missed the playoff match, which was won by the Brazilians.