HOCKEY PLAYER

Josef Černý

1939 - 2025

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Josef Černý (18 October 1939 – 24 July 2025) was an ice hockey player who played in the Czechoslovak Extraliga. He won three medals at four Winter Olympics. He was inducted into the IIHF Hall of Fame in 2007. Černý died on 24 July 2025, at the age of 85. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Josef Černý is the 53rd most popular hockey player (down from 44th in 2019), the 737th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 730th in 2019) and the 13th most popular Czech Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Josef Černý ranks 53 out of 676. Before him are Alan Noble, Bohuslav Šťastný, Martin Schröttle, Pavel Bure, Roy Henkel, and Colin Carruthers. After him are Vyacheslav Starshinov, Mats Näslund, Håkan Loob, František Ševčík, Justin McCarthy, and Howie Morenz.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1939, Josef Černý ranks 515. Before him are Mohammad-Reza Shafiei Kadkani, Dudley Storey, Ernst Ulrich von Weizsäcker, Jan Szczepański, Giuseppe Beghetto, and Johanna Dohnal. After him are Yoshinobu Miyake, Chris Craft, Orlando Quevedo, Helen Prejean, R. C. Sproul, and Mary K. Gaillard. Among people deceased in 2025, Josef Černý ranks 300. After him are Clodagh Rodgers, Mary K. Gaillard, Mara Corday, Andriy Parubiy, Sabu, Polly Holliday, Leandro Domingues, Ignacio Rodríguez, Colton Ford, Joseph Urusemal, Oscar Calics, and Roberto Orci.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Josef Černý ranks 737 out of 1,200. Before him are Vilém Goppold von Lobsdorf (1869), Karolína Kurková (1984), Jaroslav Kvapil (1868), Dolly Buster (1969), Marek Heinz (1977), and Luděk Macela (1950). After him are Miloslava Misáková (1922), Břetislav Dolejší (1928), August von Gödrich (1859), Michal Bílek (1965), Daniela Peštová (1970), and Pavel Kuka (1968).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Czechia

Among hockey players born in Czechia, Josef Černý ranks 13. Before him are Vladimír Zábrodský (1923), Oldřich Machač (1946), Vladimír Martinec (1949), Otakar Vindyš (1889), Erich Kühnhackl (1950), and Bohuslav Šťastný (1949). After him are František Ševčík (1942), Jan Klapáč (1941), Jan Palouš (1888), Petr Svoboda (1966), Roman Čechmánek (1971), and Jiří Šlégr (1971).

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