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Václav Nedomanský

1944 - Today

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Václav Nedomanský (born 14 March 1944) is a Czech former ice hockey forward. Nedomanský is best known as the first Czechoslovak hockey player to defect to North America to play. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 2019. He is also a member of the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame (1997), Slovak Hockey Hall of Fame (2002), Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame (2008) and was named into the IIHF All-Time Czech Team (2020). Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Václav Nedomanský is the 6th most popular hockey player (up from 7th in 2019), the 316th most popular biography from Czechia (up from 386th in 2019) and the most popular Czech Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Václav Nedomanský ranks 6 out of 676. Before him are Wayne Gretzky, Maurice Richard, Gordie Howe, Vladislav Tretiak, and Valeri Kharlamov. After him are Viktor Tikhonov, Jaromír Jágr, Jiří Holeček, Phil Esposito, Stan Mikita, and Mario Lemieux.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Václav Nedomanský ranks 273. Before him are Tom Okker, Takeshi Ono, Abdul Fatah Younis, Ene Ergma, Rocío Dúrcal, and Kemal Sunal. After him are Ron Harris, Muhammad az-Zanati, Donald Tsang, Arnon Milchan, Wesley Clark, and Yury Romanenko.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Václav Nedomanský ranks 316 out of 1,200. Before him are Georg Flegel (1566), Toyen (1902), Karel Kosík (1926), Alois Jirásek (1851), Miloslav Vlk (1932), and Archduke Leopold Salvator of Austria (1863). After him are Procopius of Sázava (970), Zdislava Berka (1215), Ivan Hašek (1963), Luboš Kohoutek (1935), Karel Ančerl (1908), and František Tomášek (1899).

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Czechia

Among hockey players born in Czechia, Václav Nedomanský ranks 1. After him are Jaromír Jágr (1972), Jiří Holeček (1944), 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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