# Fame.am profile — machine-readable export
# Canonical URL: https://fame.am/person/jiri-dudacek
# Generated: 2026-08-14T03:33:31.430Z

schema: https://schema.org/Person
url: "https://fame.am/person/jiri-dudacek"
name: "Jiří Dudáček"
slug: "jiri-dudacek"
description: "Jiří Dudáček is a former professional ice hockey right wing. He was drafted in the first round, 17th overall, by the Buffalo Sabres in the 1981 NHL entry draft, making him the first Czechoslovak player to be selected in the first round of a National Hockey League draft. Dudáček was a star for the Czechoslovak team at the World Junior Ice Hockey Championships in 1980 and 1981, and was considered by many NHL scouts to be the top junior prospect in the 1981 draft class."
tagline: "Czech ice hockey player"
gender: "male"
category:
  name: "Athletes"
  slug: "athletes"
profileType:
  name: "Athlete"
  slug: "athlete"
  entityType: "https://www.wikidata.org/entity/Q2066131"
birthDate: "1962-04-04"
livingStatus: "LIVING"
scores:
  popularity:           36.04
  momentum:             0.119047619047619
  historical:           5.469726666666667
  currentAttention:     0
  sourceConfidence:     35
  profileCompleteness:  45
  trendDirection:       "FALLING"
ranks:
  global:   null
  country:  null
  category: null
sources:
  - url: "https://de.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Dud%C3%A1%C4%8Dek"
    title: "Jiří Dudáček"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://arz.wikipedia.org/wiki/%DA%86%D9%8A%D8%B1%D9%89_%D8%AF%D9%88%D8%AF%D8%A7%D8%B3%D9%8A%D9%83"
    title: "چيرى دوداسيك"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://cs.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Dud%C3%A1%C4%8Dek"
    title: "Jiří Dudáček"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://ru.wikipedia.org/wiki/%D0%94%D1%83%D0%B4%D0%B0%D1%87%D0%B5%D0%BA%2C_%D0%98%D1%80%D0%B6%D0%B8"
    title: "Дудачек, Иржи"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Dud%C3%A1%C4%8Dek"
    title: "Jiří Dudáček"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ji%C5%99%C3%AD_Dud%C3%A1%C4%8Dek"
    title: "Jiří Dudáček"
    type:  "WIKIPEDIA"
  - url: "https://www.wikidata.org/wiki/Q3179313"
    title: "Wikidata"
    type:  "WIKIDATA"

# bio (long form, separated for readability)
bio: |
  Imported from discovery source: wikidata-dump