Ladislav Novák (5 December 1931 – 21 March 2011) was a Czech football defender and later a football manager. He played 75 matches for Czechoslovakia, 71 of them as a team captain.iDNES.cz: Loučíme se s fotbalovým rytířem, řekl Hašek na pohřbu Ladislava Nováka, 28 March 2011.
He was a participant in the 1962 FIFA World Cup, where Czechoslovakia won the silver medal.
He was also a participant in the 1954 FIFA World Cup and 1958 FIFA World Cup.
In his country Novák played mainly for Dukla Prague and won 8 championship titles with them.
After end of his playing career he worked as a football manager and coached Dukla Praha and briefly Czechoslovakia national team. He won the championship title with Dukla as a coach in 1982.
Honours Czech Republic FIFA World Cup runner-up: 1962
Individual UEFA European Championship Team of the Tournament: 1960
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Zemřel fotbalový rytíř, kapitán stříbrných "Chilanů“ Novák at iDNES.cz, 21 March 2011.