Jan Jenny-Starý (7 February 1884 – 19 August 1959) was a Czech footballer.
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Jan Jenny-Starý | ||
| Date of birth | 7 February 1884 | ||
| Place of birth | Austro-Hungarian Empire | ||
| Date of death | 19 August 1959 (aged 75) | ||
| Place of death | Czechoslovakia | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1901–1912 | Slavia Prague | 270 | (339[1]) |
| International career | |||
| 1906–1908 | Bohemia | 3 | (2[2]) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Early life
editAt the age of 11, Jan played youth football for a team in Žitná. Jan later founded a youth football team from Vinohrady Grammar School in Kanálka.[3]
Club career
editJan played his first game in the red and white colours of Slavia Prague, in 1901, in a 8-0 victory over the French side RC Paris. In that same season, Jan was moved down to their reserve team. In 1902 Slavia made the decision to put Jenny-Stary back into the first team line-up. This prove to be a great choice as he picked up 34 goals and 9 assists that year. Jenny-Stary picked up 4 hat-tricks in 5 games from 21 September - 19 October, totalling 14 goals in those 5 games.[4][5][6][7][8][9]
1903 saw the arrival of Jan Kosek into the Slavia Prague squad. This in turn hindered Jenny-Stary in getting more first team minutes. He did however, impress in a 20-0 victory over DFC Prag scoring 3 times and assisting twice. He picked up only 9 goal involvements for Slavia's first team that year. Again Kosek would keep Jenny-Stary out for the 1904 season, only playing twice that year, after Kosek had transferred to Sparta Prague.[10][11][12]
With 3 first-team players playing for Sparta, Jenny-Stary was put back into the first team, but this time it was indefinitely. In Slavia's first game of 1905, they beat DFC Sturm 14-0, with Stary scoring 7. Stary scored 6, in a 13-0 rout of Berliner Ballspiel, eventually totalling 53 goals for that season.[13][14][15] In 1906, Jan starred in two 11-0 victories over Fovarosi and SV Wiesbaden scoring 3 against Fovarosi and 4 against SV Wiesbaden. In total, Jenny-Stary scored 49 goals and assisted on 10 occasions thats season.[16][17][18]
By 1907 Jenny-Stary had scored 200 goals for Slavia. He scored a hat-trick alongside Ctibor Malý and Josef Bělka in a 9-1 victory over Torino. He scored his first goal, no less than 15 seconds into the game. He tallied 18 goals and 7 assists, in another triumphant year for Slavia.[19][20]
Style of play
editJan was a great technician. Jake Madden once said that, “He could balance the whole forward line with his insight, sophistication, technical and tactical art.”[3]
Honours
editCharity Cup: 1910,1911,1912
Silver Cup: 1911
References
edit- ^ "Museum". SK Slavia Praha.
- ^ "Jan Starý, international footballer". eu-football.info.
- ^ a b "Jenny Starý". www.slavistickahistorie.cz.
- ^ "1901". www.slavistickahistorie.cz.
- ^ "Digitální knihovna Kramerius". www.digitalniknihovna.cz.
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- ^ "Digitální knihovna Kramerius". www.digitalniknihovna.cz.
- ^ "Digitální knihovna Kramerius". www.digitalniknihovna.cz.
- ^ "1903". www.slavistickahistorie.cz.
- ^ "1904". www.slavistickahistorie.cz.
- ^ "Digitální knihovna Kramerius". www.digitalniknihovna.cz.
- ^ "Digitální knihovna Kramerius". www.digitalniknihovna.cz.
- ^ "1905". www.slavistickahistorie.cz.
- ^ "Digitální knihovna Kramerius". www.digitalniknihovna.cz.
- ^ "Digitální knihovna Kramerius". www.digitalniknihovna.cz.
- ^ "1906". SK Slavia Praha.
- ^ "1907". SK Slavia Praha.
- ^ "Digitální knihovna Kramerius". www.digitalniknihovna.cz.