Josef Tesař

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Josef Tesař
portrait
Date of birth March 11, 1927
place of birth Velim, Czechoslovakia
date of death June 29, 2007
size 1.97 m
position Middle block
societies
1944-1950
1950-1964 		AFK Sokol Kolín
ÚDA Prague / Dukla Prague / Dukla Kolín
National team
1947-1959 A national team ČSSR
successes
1948
1949
1950
1952
1955
1956
1958
11 times 		European Champion
Vice-World Champion
Vice-European Champion
Vice-World
Champion European Champion
World
Champion European Champion
Czechoslovakian Champion

As of June 29, 2020

Josef Tesař (born March 11, 1927 in Velim ; † June 29, 2007 ) was a Czechoslovak volleyball player .

Career

Tesař was twice vice world champion with the Czechoslovak national team ( 1949 in Prague and 1952 in Moscow ) and 1956 in Paris world champion. In addition, the middle blocker was three times European champion ( 1948 in Rome , 1955 in Bucharest and 1958 in Prague ) and in 1950 in Sofia vice-European champion.

With his clubs AFK Sokol Kolín and ÚDA Prague / Dukla Prague / Dukla Kolín Tesař was Czechoslovakian champion eleven times. In 2019 he was posthumously inducted into the " Volleyball Hall of Fame ".

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personal data
SURNAME Tesař, Josef
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Czechoslovak volleyball player
DATE OF BIRTH March 11, 1927
PLACE OF BIRTH Velim
DATE OF DEATH June 29, 2007