claim: A player-coach may be an assistant coach or head coach.
evidence: Semyon Trofimovich Bychkov -LRB- Семен Трофимович Бычков , 15 May 1918 -- 4 November 1946 -RRB- was a Soviet military pilot during World War II .. World War II. World War II. military pilot. Aviator#Military. He served first in Soviet Air Forces , where he downed seventeen German aircraft , then on the opposite side .. Soviet Air Forces. Soviet Air Forces. Bychkov co-founded the 1st Aircraft Regiment of the Committee of Liberation Movement of People of Russia , under the auspices of Russian Liberation Army -LRB- ROA -RRB- and was awarded the German Ostvolk Medal 2nd class with swords .. Russian Liberation Army. Russian Liberation Army. Ostvolk Medal. Ostvolk Medal. In April 1945 Bychkov surrendered to the Third United States Army ; he was handed back to the Soviet forces , where he was executed by shooting .. Third United States Army. Third United States Army. On March 21 , 1947 Bychkov was posthumously stripped of all Soviet awards .