WebSep 13, 2001 · Drobný (surname) Jaroslav (given name) Members of the Tennis Hall of Fame Czech Ice Hockey Hall of Fame inductees Ice hockey players from Czechoslovakia Male tennis players from Czechoslovakia Wimbledon champions Olympic silver medalists for Czechoslovakia 1948 Winter Olympics medal winners Sportspeople from Germany by … WebJaroslav Drobný Profession: Ice Hockey and Tennis Star Nationality: Czech Biography: Part of the Czech ice hockey team that won an Olympic silver medal in 1948. Later switched …
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WebBiography Jaroslav Drobný won an Olympic silver medal with the Czechoslovakian ice hockey squad at the 1948 St. Moritz Olympics, but was more famous as a tennis player. … WebSep 15, 2001 · Jaroslav Drobny, the Czechoslovak exile who, in 1954 - at the unusually late age of 32 - won Wimbledon and the hearts of the British public, has died in London, aged … propolis abbaye
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WebJaroslav Drobny was also a great tennis player. He started his career in LTC Praha (Lawn Tennis Cercle Praha) playing tennis and ice-hockey. In 1949, after communists came to … WebSep 22, 2024 · The Tennis 128: No. 44, Jaroslav Drobný. Jaroslav Drobný. In 2024, I’m counting down the 128 best players of the last century. With luck, we’ll get to #1 in December. Enjoy! * * *. Jaroslav Drobný [CZE/EGY/GBR] Born: 21 October 1921. Died: 13 September 2001. Drobný began playing tennis at age five, and, as a ball-boy, watched world-class players including compatriot Karel Koželuh. He had an excellent swinging left-handed serve and a good forehand. Drobny played in his first Wimbledon Championship in 1938, losing in the first round to Alejandro Russell. After World … See more Jaroslav Drobný was a world No. 1 amateur tennis and ice hockey champion. He left Czechoslovakia in 1949 and travelled as an Egyptian citizen before becoming a citizen of the United Kingdom in 1959, where he died in … See more From 1938 to 1949 Drobný played center in the Czechoslovak ice hockey league. He was a silver medalist with the Czechoslovak ice hockey team in the 1948 Olympics. … See more • Wallechinsky, David and Jaime Loucky (2009). "Ice Hockey: Men". In The Complete Book of the Winter Olympics: 2010 Edition. London: Aurum Press Limited. p. 23. • Drobný, Jaroslav (1955). Champion in Exile: The Autobiography of Jaroslav Drobny. … See more In 1955, Jaroslav Drobný published his autobiography titled Champion in Exile. He was married to Rita Anderson Jarvis, onetime English … See more Ivan Blatný wrote a poem called Wimbledon which addresses Drobný. See more • Jaroslav Drobný at the International Tennis Hall of Fame • Jaroslav Drobný at the International Tennis Federation • Jaroslav Drobný at the Association of Tennis Professionals See more reqd training solns