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1924May, 29

Miloslav Kříž

Miloslav Kříž, Czech basketball player and coach (d. 2013)
Miloslav Kříž (29 May 1924 – 20 May 2013) was a Czech professional basketball player and coach. As a player, he played first for Uncas Prague, and later for Sparta Prague, but he was better known as a head coach and trainer, especially as the head coach of the senior Czechoslovakian women's national team. He was awarded the FIBA Order of Merit, for his services to basketball, in 2002.

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    Second Hellenic Republic

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  • 21May

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