Václav Pavlis was a football

Football (soccer)

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 goalkeeper from Czechoslovakia

Czechoslovakia

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. He was a member of the national team

Czechoslovakia national football team

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Pavlis started his football career at Bohemians Prague. In 1951 he began his military service

Military service

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 at Dukla Prague and stayed there even after end of his compulsory service, until the end of his career. He 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 Dukla seven times, in 1953, 1956, 1958, 1961, 1962, 1963 and 1964.

After finishing his active career he coached goalkeepers at Dukla Prague.