Photo by J. Masopust, with the Trophy

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Condition: found, good

Provenance: Archive of Jaroslav Kirchner

Dimensions: 10,3 cm x 14,8 cm

Wikipedia:Josef Masopust (9 February 1931 Střimice u Mostu - 29 June 2015 Prague) was a Czechoslovak football player and coach. In 1962 he received the Golden Ball award for the best European footballer. In 2000, he won the Czech Football Personality of the Century award and shortly afterwards experts voted him Czech Footballer of the Century. In 2004, Pelé ranked him among the 125 best living footballers. He featured on the UEFA Jubilee 52 Golden Players list.

Since 2009, the Most stadium (Josef Masopust Football Stadium) has been named after him. In May 2012, a statue of him was unveiled at the Dukla Prague stadium in Juliska, Prague 6, in his memory.

Photographic documentation of Czechoslovak football legend Josef Masopust with a trophy. The photograph was taken by Czechoslovak photographer Jaroslav Skála. Josef Masopust is among the greatest Czechoslovak footballers of all time. Masopust was the captain of the Czechoslovak national team and essentially its face. The trophy in the photograph documents his sporting achievements. Jaroslav Skála was a renowned Czechoslovak sports photographer. The photograph represents archival material of high quality. An ideal piece for collectors of Czechoslovak football souvenirs. A valuable commemorative item documenting a Czechoslovak football hero.