A man had to go his own way
Jaroslav Kutiš was born on 12 April 1945 in Prague into a working-class family. From an early age he liked to play football, which he then devoted his whole life to as a player and later as a referee and coach. He trained as a turner at ČKD Prague and worked there. In 1964, he left to serve his military service at the rocket army. After his return he got married and from 1968 he worked in Prague Communications. He was involved in the protests in 1968 and the demonstrations in 1989, but according to his own words, he was also briefly a member of the Communist Party of Czechoslovakia. In the 1990s Jaroslav worked for a funeral service.