Luděk Bukač

{{Short description|Czech ice hockey player and manager (1935–2019)}}

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{{Infobox ice hockey player

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| birth_date = {{birth date|df=yes| 1935|08|04}}

| birth_place = Ústí nad Labem, Czechoslovakia

| death_date = 20 April 2019 (aged 83)

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| position = Centre

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| played_for = ČLTK Praha
HC Sparta Praha
HC Dukla Jihlava

| ntl_team = Czechoslovakia

| career_start = 1949

| career_end = 1967

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Luděk Bukač (4 August 1935 – 20 April 2019) was a Czech ice hockey player and manager. He died on 20 April 2019 at the age of 83.{{Cite news|title=Zemřel úspěšný hokejový trenér Luděk Bukač, bylo mu 83 let|url=https://www.idnes.cz/hokej/reprezentace/ludek-bukac-trener-umrti.A190420_154811_reprezentace_rou|newspaper=Mladá fronta Dnes|publisher=Mafra|date=20 April 2019|access-date=4 February 2025|language=cs}}

As a player, Bukač played for ČLTK Praha, HC Sparta Praha and HC Dukla Jihlava, while as a manager, he coached HC Sparta Praha, HC Košice and HC České Budějovice.

As a coach, Bukač managed the Czechoslovak, Austrian, German, and Czech national teams;{{cite web|url=http://www.eliteprospects.com/player.php?player=206840|title=Luděk Bukač|publisher=Elite Prospects|access-date=18 November 2014}} the latter of which won the 1996 IIHF World Championship. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2023.{{Cite web|title=Síň slávy IIHF|url=https://www.ceskyhokej.cz/cesky-hokej/historie-cslh/sin-slavy-iihf|publisher=Czech Ice Hockey Association|access-date=22 June 2023|language=cs|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230622170642/https://www.ceskyhokej.cz/cesky-hokej/historie-cslh/sin-slavy-iihf|archive-date=22 June 2023}}