Lubomír Hrstka

PaedDr. Lubomír Hrstka
Born (1946-11-28)28 November 1946
Died 8 October 2025(2025-10-08) (aged 78)
Height 184 cm (6 ft 0 in)
Weight 84 kg (185 lb; 13 st 3 lb)
Position Defenseman
Played for TJ ZKL/Zetor Brno

Lubomír Hrstka (28 November 1946 – 8 October 2025) was a Czech ice hockey player, coach and businessman. He was the owner of FC Boby Brno from 1992 to 2000 and the Brno Bobycentrum.

Hrstka died on 8 October 2025, at the age of 78.[1]

Hockey career

He played for TJ ZKL/Zetor Brno in the Czechoslovak league. He played 13 league seasons, appeared in 451 league games,[2] scored 33 league goals and had 66 assists. A tough defender with a good shot.

Life

He graduated from the Faculty of Education, Masaryk University. In 1993 he opened a hotel complex with a disco and shops, Bobycentrum, in Brno. At the end of the 1990s his company was declared bankrupt due to debts exceeding 2 billion crowns. In 2001 he was sentenced to three years in prison for damaging a creditor.[3]

He died in October 2025 after a serious illness.[2]

Club statistics

Season Club Competition Regular season
ZGABTM
1967/1968TJ ZKL Brno1. league22415-
1968/1969TJ ZKL Brno1. league12112-
1969/1970TJ ZKL Brno1st league18213-
1970/1971TJ ZKL Brno1st league44257-
1971/1972TJ ZKL Brno1st league3622426
1972/1973TJ ZKL Brno1st leagueleague36371030
1973/1974TJ ZKL Brno1st league4411516-
1974/1975TJ ZKL Brno1st league33268-
1975/1976TJ ZKL Brno1st league33246-
1976/1977TJ Zetor Brno1st league42202-
1977/1978TJ Zetor Brno1st league4454945
1978/1979TJ Zetor Brno1st league4426842
1979/1980TJ Zetor Brno1st leagueliga445141946

Coaching career

As head coach he led TJ Zetor Brno in the top league.

References

  1. ↑ Punčochář, Jiří (8 October 2025). "Zemřel Lubomír Hrstka, tvůrce Bobycentra a slavné éry brněnského fotbalu". Mladá fronta Dnes (in Czech). Mafra. Retrieved 9 October 2025.
  2. 1 2 "Lubomír Hrstka, former hockey player and owner of Boby Brno, died". www.seznamzpravy.cz (in Czech). 2025-10-08. Retrieved 2025-10-08.
  3. ↑ "I wanted Czechs to live like in the world, the creator of the Brno empire looks back". iDNES.cz (in Czech). 2022-03-22. Retrieved 2022-03-22.