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Milan Nový is celebrating his 50th league goal in the 1976/77 season

Milan Nový

* 1951

The Sportsmen

17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jiří Otčenášek (2015)

Jiří Očenášek

* 1928 †︎ 2022

Participant in antifascist resistance, Participant in Czechoslovak resistance during WW2, A cultural celebrity, Boy Scouts, The Sportsmen and 3 more categories

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 5. – 9. 5. 1945 - Prague Uprising, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 5. 1. - 21. 8. 1968 - The Prague Spring and 9 more anniversaries

Ludmila Ordnungová in a jump in the Sparta Prague jersey. This match is from 1954

Mgr. Ludmila Ordnungová

* 1934

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

29. 9. 1938 - The Munich Diktat, 15. 3. 1939 - The Nazi occupation of ČSR, 27. 5. 1942 - Assassination of R. Heydrich, 8. 5. 1945 - End of WWII, 25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR and 2 more anniversaries

1978

Milan Orlowski

* 1952

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

Rostislav Osička

* 1956

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

František Pakandl

František Pakandl

* 1943

The Sportsmen, Witnesses of local events connected to WWII, Witness of local events from the Communist era

25. 2. 1948 - Communist coup d‘état in ČSR, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 23. 2. 1949 – Beginning the forced agricultural collectivisation

Vladislav Palkovič in 2019

Vladislav Palkovič

* 1939 †︎ 2024

The Sportsmen

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops

Antonín Panenka as a teenager with a trophy for the best scorer of a football tournament, 1964

Antonín Panenka

* 1948

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era, Life along the Iron Curtain

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

Jindřich Panský as a promising young player, 1st half of the 1970s

Jindřich Panský

* 1960

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 1989 - The fall of the iron curtain, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia, 3.10.1990 - Reunification of Germany

Blanka Paulů at the Winter Olympics in Sarajevo, 1984

Mgr. Blanka Paulů

* 1954

The Sportsmen, Witness of local events from the Communist era

21. 8. 1968 - Invasion of the Warsaw Pact troops, 17. 11. - 29. 12. 1989 - The Velvet Revolution in Czechoslovakia

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