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Jiří Holeček

1944 - Today

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Jiří Holeček (born March 18, 1944) is a Czech professional ice hockey coach and former player. Holeček played in the Czechoslovak Elite League from 1964 to 1979, and on the Czechoslovak national team for many years. After joining the military he participated in the hockey camp of Dukla Jihlava, but coming from an insignificant Slávia team at the time, he did not make it higher than the number three goaltender and was loaned to HC Košice in the eastern part of the country. After starting his career on the Košice team in 1963–64, Holecek played there for 10 years until he joined Sparta Prague for the 1973/1974 season. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jiří Holeček is the 9th most popular hockey player, the 358th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 395th in 2019) and the 3rd most popular Czech Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Jiří Holeček ranks 9 out of 676. Before him are Gordie Howe, Vladislav Tretiak, Valeri Kharlamov, Václav Nedomanský, Viktor Tikhonov, and Jaromír Jágr. After him are Phil Esposito, Stan Mikita, Mario Lemieux, Lal Bokhari, Jiří Holík, and Bobby Hull.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Jiří Holeček ranks 304. Before him are Jacques-Alain Miller, Rebecca Horn, Carlos Pachamé, Whitfield Diffie, Wolfgang Weber, and John McCook. After him are Boris Mikhailov, Tim Rice, Jean-Louis Debré, Klaus Fichtel, Mahieddine Khalef, and Pedro Barreto.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jiří Holeček ranks 358 out of 1,200. Before him are Ladislav Novák (1931), Kilian Ignaz Dientzenhofer (1689), Artur London (1915), Saul Friedländer (1932), Anne of Bohemia, Duchess of Silesia (1204), and Jaromír Jágr (1972). After him are Josef Škvorecký (1924), Petr Chelčický (1390), Josef Beran (1888), Jiří Kylián (1947), Václav Talich (1883), and Tom Stoppard (1937).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Czechia

Among hockey players born in Czechia, Jiří Holeček ranks 3. Before him are Václav Nedomanský (1944), and Jaromír Jágr (1972). After him are Jiří Holík (1944), Karel Hartmann (1885), Valentin Loos (1895), Vladimír Zábrodský (1923), Oldřich Machač (1946), Vladimír Martinec (1949), Otakar Vindyš (1889), Erich Kühnhackl (1950), and Bohuslav Šťastný (1949).

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