It is important not to see the world only in black and white
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Oldřich Šplýchal was born on 23 March 1940 in Komárov. He had two siblings. After primary school, he graduated from the secondary industrial school in Hořovice and during his studies, he played football and hockey. In 1959, he joined the military service, where he hoped to make a professional living playing football in Dukla. However, due to his small stature, he did not pass the selection process. So he spent his military service in Hranice na Moravě, where he graduated from the artillery academy, and spent the second year in Strašice. Due to the outbreak of the Caribbean crisis, he had to stay in the army for half a year longer. He graduated from the Faculty of Mechanical Engineering of the Czech Technical University in Pilsen and spent his entire professional life in the Buzuluk Ironworks in Komárov as a metallurgist. Here, he experienced the invasion of Czechoslovakia by Warsaw Pact troops in August 1968, which he disagreed with two years later during his vetting. Therefore, he could not get a better job. He could, however, study robotisation and automation of production processes at the Brno University of Technology. In 1978, he was appointed head of the Iron Museum in Buzuluk, which he managed until the 1990s. After the Velvet Revolution, the ironworks were privatised and Oldřich Šplýchal retired after 2000. In 2024, he lived in Komárov.
