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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. Read more on Wikipedia

Since 2007, the English Wikipedia page of Jiří Holeček has received more than 27,002 page views. His biography is available in 19 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 18 in 2019). Jiří Holeček is the 9th most popular hockey player, the 395th most popular biography from Czechia (down from 373rd in 2019) and the 2nd most popular Czech Hockey Player.

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Among HOCKEY PLAYERS

Among hockey players, Jiří Holeček ranks 9 out of 676Before him are Vladislav Tretiak, Valeri Kharlamov, Viktor Tikhonov, Gordie Howe, Václav Nedomanský, and Georges Vézina. After him are Bobby Hull, Jaromír Jágr, Sergei Makarov, Stan Mikita, Phil Esposito, and Vladimir Petrov.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1944, Jiří Holeček ranks 305Before him are Václav Nedomanský, Anastasiya Vertinskaya, Marilù Tolo, Frank Sinatra Jr., Robert Mueller, and Odd Nerdrum. After him are Karel Kryl, Abbas, Muhammad Naji al-Otari, Mitchell Feigenbaum, Sharmila Tagore, and Louis-Marie Ling Mangkhanekhoun.

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In Czechia

Among people born in Czechia, Jiří Holeček ranks 395 out of 1,200Before him are František Tomášek (1899), Josef Mánes (1820), Zdeněk Nehoda (1952), Gorazd (1879), Procopius of Sázava (970), and Adalbert Gyrowetz (1763). After him are Moritz von Auffenberg (1852), Jan Santini Aichel (1677), Emmy Destinn (1878), Ota Šik (1919), John of Görlitz (1370), and Gerhard Mitter (1935).

Among HOCKEY PLAYERS In Czechia

Among hockey players born in Czechia, Jiří Holeček ranks 2Before him are Václav Nedomanský (1944). After him are Jaromír Jágr (1972), Jiří Holík (1944), Roman Čechmánek (1971), Vladimír Martinec (1949), Karel Hartmann (1885), Oldřich Machač (1946), Vladimír Zábrodský (1923), Erich Kühnhackl (1950), Bohuslav Šťastný (1949), and Otakar Vindyš (1889).