Jiří Zídek Sr.

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Czech basketball player and basketball coach (1944-2022)

Basketball PlayersLived 1944 to 2022 · aged 78

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Jiří Zídek Sr. was a Czech professional basketball player and coach. 06 metres tall, Zídek was a talented center who was named the Best Czech Player of the 20th Century, and was the Czechoslovak League's all-time leading scorer. He was also among the 105 nominees to the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors list.

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USK Praha

Dukla Olomouc

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FIBA Hall of Fame

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ChildGeorge Zidek

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Jurgita Štreimikytė-VirbickienėAlso won FIBA Hall of Fame

George KillianAlso won FIBA Hall of Fame Clarisse MachanguanaAlso won FIBA Hall of Fame Renato RighettoAlso won FIBA Hall of Fame Jean-Jacques ConceiçãoAlso won FIBA Hall of Fame Atanas GolomeevAlso won FIBA Hall of Fame

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Jiří Zídek Sr. was a Czech professional basketball player and coach. At 2.06 metres tall, Zídek was a talented center who was named the Best Czech Player of the 20th Century, and was the Czechoslovak League's all-time leading scorer. He was also among the 105 nominees to the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors list. His son, Jiří "George" Zídek Jr., also won the EuroLeague title with Žalgiris, in 1999. To this day, they are the only father and son to have reached a EuroLeague title game as players. In 2019, he became the first Czech to be inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame.