František Ipser was a Czech

Czech Republic

The Czech Republic is a landlocked country in Central Europe. The country is bordered by Poland to the northeast, Slovakia to the east, Austria to the south, and Germany to the west and northwest....

 football

Football (soccer)

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 manager and former player.

As a player, Ipser played mostly for Slavia Prague, and won the Czechoslovak First League

Czechoslovak First League

The Czechoslovak First League was the premier football league in the Czechoslovakia from 1925 to 1993, with the exception of World War II. Czechoslovakia was occupied by German forces who formed Gauliga Sudetenland and Gauliga Böhmen und Mähren leagues on occupied territories...

 with Slavia in 1947. In 1948-1950 he played for ATK Prague as a part of his compulsory military service

Military service

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. After finishing his active career, Ipser started to work as a football manager. He coached Slavia Prague in 1964-1966 and Baník Ostrava in 1970-1971. In latter years he also coached several lower division teams.