Putte Kock

Putte Kock
	Kock at the card table in 1941 (cover of the Swedish weekly magazine Se)
Personal information
Full name	Rudolf Kock
Date of birth	29 June 1901
Place of birth	Stockholm, Sweden
Date of death	31 October 1979 (aged 78)
Place of death	Stockholm, Sweden
Position(s)	Left wing (football)
Youth career
	AIK
Senior career*
Years	Team
1915–1928	AIK
1926	→ US Suisse (loan)
International career
1919–1925	Sweden
Managerial career
1932–1934	Djurgården
1943–1956	Sweden (as chairman of the Selection Committee)
Medal record
Representing Sweden
Olympic Games
European Championships
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rudolf "Putte" Kock (29 June 1901 – 31 October 1979) was a Swedish football, ice hockey and bridge player who won a bronze medal in the 1924 Summer Olympics^[2] as a football player, being voted the best left winger after the tournament.^[3] He also made six caps for the Swedish ice hockey team, including the Ice Hockey European Championship 1922, and scored five goals.^[4]

After having to end his career prematurely due to a knee injury, he worked as a football coach with AIK's rivals Djurgården and with the national team (1943–1956). Together with George Raynor he qualified Sweden for the 1948 Summer Olympics where they won gold, the 1950 FIFA World Cup (bronze) and the 1952 Summer Olympics (bronze).^[5]

After his coaching career Kock became a famous and well liked sports commentator on Swedish television.^[4]

Bridge accomplishments

Placed third representing Sweden and Iceland in 1950^[7]

Placed second representing Sweden in 1953

Placed first representing Sweden in 1939 and 1952

Placed second representing Sweden in 1948, 1949 and 1950

^ Frantz, Alf; Glanell, Tomas; Persson, Gunnar, eds. (2008). Det svenska fotbollslandslaget 1908–2008 [The Swedish National Football Team 1908–2008] (in Swedish). Vällingby: CA Strömberg AB. ISBN 978-91-86184-69-8.
^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Rudolf Kock". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 3 April 2016.
^ SFS (Swedish football historians and statisticians)
^ ^a ^b "Rudolf Kock". Swedish Olympic Committee (sok.se).
^ "Putte Kock". Olympedia. Retrieved 19 August 2021.
^ ^a ^b "International record for Rudolf Kock". World Bridge Federation. Retrieved 5 December 2014.
^ Francis, Henry G.; Truscott, Alan F.; Francis, Dorthy A., eds. (2001). The Official Encyclopedia of Bridge (6th ed.). Memphis, TN: American Contract Bridge League. p. 821. ISBN 0-943855-44-6. OCLC 49606900.. This edition of the OEB states that the USA defeated Great Britain by 3,660 points and Sweden-Iceland by 4,720 points and that Sweden-Iceland defeated Great Britain by 1,940 points. Depending on the ranking methodology used Sweden-Iceland may be said to have placed either second or third.