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Timeline Number: 3240
Event Date: 6-17-1962
Event Description: In a major upset,the Czech national soccer team beats Brazil 3-2 in the 1962 World Cup championship match;this marks the first time in the tournament's 32-year history that a team from eastern Europe has claimed the prestigious trophy.
Timeline Number: 3240
Event Date: 6-20-1962
Event Description: Midfielder Josef Masopust,who scored the tying and winning goals for Czechoslovakia in its World Cup championship match victory over Brazil,is proclaimed a national hero by Czech Communist Party first secretary Antonin Novotny and bestowed with the Order of the White Lion.
Timeline Number: 3240
Event Date: 6-23-1962
Event Description: In an emotionally charged statement delivered on national television,Brazilian forward Manuel dos Santos Francisco(a.k.a. 'Garrincha' or Songbird) demands the resignation of team head coach Aymoré Moreira,saying that Moreira "has embarrassed me beyond reason" by supposedly getting outcoached by the Czechs in the World Cup championship match.
Timeline Number: 3240
Event Date: 6-24-1962
Event Description: Aymoré Moreira counters Garrincha's accusations by questioning the temperamental striker's intestinal fortitude in an interview for Brazil's largest newspaper.His comments provoke outrage among Garrincha's fans,who stage massive demonstrations in Rio de Janeiro and Sao Paulo in their hero's defense.
Timeline Number: 3240
Event Date: 7-1-1962
Event Description: Josef Masopust receives a new car and house from the Czech government as reward for his role in Czechslovakia's 1962 World Cup championship;he is also awarded the Order of Lenin by CPSU General Secretary Nikita Khrushchev.
Timeline Number: 3240
Event Date: 7-15-1962
Event Description: Garrincha is suspended by his professional club,Botafogo,after walking off the field during the second half of an exhibition game with Britain's Bolton Wanderers soccer club at Burnden Park.Though he makes no public comment about the incident or his suspension,those who've been following his recent feud with Aymoré Moreira suspect his actions may have been provoked by a pro-Moreira sign displayed by a group of Bolton fans earlier in the game.
Timeline Number: 3240
Event Date: 8-4-1962
Event Description: Ho Chi Minh names Masopust an honorary citizen of North Vietnam.
Timeline Number: 3240
Event Date: 8-13-1962
Event Description: Masopust's professional club,Dukla Prague,plays the Cuban national soccer team to a 2-2 tie at an exhibition game in Havana,with Masopust scoring both goals for Prague.The Czech midfielder's fearless playing style prompts an admiring Fidel Castro to dub him "Jose el Magnifico"(Josef the Magnificent).
Timeline Number: 3240
Event Date: 8-28-1962
Event Description: East German chancellor Walter Ulbricht hosts Masopust as his personal guest of honor at a state dinner in Berlin.
Timeline Number: 3240
Event Date: 9-3-1962
Event Description: The feud between Garrincha and Moreira reaches the boiling point during a televised interview by both men with American sports commentator Howard Cosell.A seemingly innocuous question about post-World Cup phone calls between the two men touches off a furious argument that ends with Garrincha storming out of Cosell's studio.
Timeline Number: 3240
Event Date: 10-11-1962
Event Description: Dukla Prague beats Britain's Arsenal soccer club 4-2 at an exhibition game in London;for many in the West,this game marks their first close look at Josef Masopust.
Timeline Number: 3240
Event Date: 11-5-1962
Event Description: The Czech government declares Masopust's home a national landmark.
Timeline Number: 3240
Event Date: 1-17-1963
Event Description: Garrincha is arrested in Manaus on assault charges after a barroom fistfight with the goalie of a rival professional club.
Timeline Number: 3240
Event Date: 6-7-1963
Event Description: Josef Masopust is named captain of the Czech men's national team for the 1964 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.
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