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Bednář
Bednář (feminine Bednářová) is a Czech surname (meaning "cooper"). Notable people with the surname include: Sportspeople Baseball *Andy Bednar (1908–1937), American baseball player *David Bednar (baseball) (born 1994), American baseball player *Will Bednar (born 2000), American baseball player Football (soccer) *Roman Bednář (born 1983), Czech footballer * Vladimír Bednár (born 1979), Slovak footballer Ice hockey * Jan Bednář (born 2002), Czech ice hockey player *Jared Bednar (born 1972), Canadian ice-hockey coach and former player *Jaroslav Bednář (born 1976), Czech ice hockey player * Vladimír Bednář (born 1948), Czech ice hockey player Other *Franz Bednar (1910 – after 1936), Austrian bobsledder who competed in the mid-1930s * George Bednar (1942–2007), American football player and beverage executive * Karolína Bednářová (born 1986), Czech volleyball player * Marcela Bednar, West German-German sprint canoer who competed in the 1990s * Markéta Bedná ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Bednář
Roman Bednář (born 26 March 1983) is a Czech former professional footballer. Club career Czech Republic Born in Prague, Bednář started his career as a youth player at ČAFC Prague before he stepped up to Gambrinus liga side FC Bohemians Praha in 1998. In 2002, after failing to break into the first team at Bohemians, he moved to Czech Second Division side FK Mladá Boleslav. Bednář finished the 2003–04 season as top scorer with 10 goals as Mladá Boleslav won the Second Division title. In the 2004–05 season Bednář started to come to the attention of Lithuanian scouts as his six goals helped Mladá Boleslav consolidate in the Gambrinus Liga. It was in this season that Bednář was voted as the "Revelation of the Season" as his physical strength, aerial ability, positional awareness and ability to create chances for other teammates made him a constant threat for opposition defences. Heart of Midlothian On 27 July 2005, Hearts announced that they had completed the s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jaroslav Bednář
Jaroslav Bednář (born 9 November 1976) is a Czech professional ice hockey winger, who currently plays with HC Vrchlabí in the Czech.2 Liga Playing career Born in Prague, Czechoslovakia, Bednář began his career with Slavia Prague in 1994 and stayed there for three years before moving to rivals Sparta Prague. He played just 14 games before moving to Plzeň and then returned to play for Sparta for the next season. He then spent the next two seasons playing in Finland's SM-liiga with spells at Jyp and HIFK where he led the teams in goals and points. NHL Bednář was drafted 51st overall by the Los Angeles Kings in the 2001 NHL Entry Draft, but never managed to recapture the form he had in Finland. He played 37 games for the Kings, scoring 4 goals and 11 assists for 15 points. On November 26, 2002, Bednář, along with Andreas Lilja was traded to the Florida Panthers for Dmitri Yushkevich, he played 65 games for Florida, scoring 6 goals and 14 assists for 20 points. Over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jan Bednář
Jan Bednář (born 26 August 2002) is a Czech ice hockey goaltender currently playing for Acadie–Bathurst Titan of the Quebec Major Junior Hockey League (QMJHL). Bednář was drafted 107th overall by the Detroit Red Wings in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. Playing career During the 2018–19 Czech Extraliga season, Bednář made his professional debut for HC Karlovy Vary at the age of 16, becoming the youngest goaltender to play for Karlovy Vary. He recorded a 2.73 goals-against average (GAA) and .917 save percentage in 10 games. During the 2019–20 Czech Extraliga season, he recorded a 4.39 GAA and .884 save percentage in 13 games for Karlovy Vary. He also spent time with HC Banik Sokolov of Czech 2.liga, where he posted a 3.26 GAA and a .873 save percentage in 24 games. Bednář was drafted second overall by the Acadie–Bathurst Titan in the CHL Import Draft. He was signed by the Titans on August 25, 2020. International play Bednář represented the Czech Republic at the 2019 I ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Eva Bednářová
Eva Bednářová (May 8, 1937 – December 6, 1986) was a Czech Republic, Czech printmaker and illustrator. Born in Prague, Bednářová was a graduate of the Academy of Arts, Architecture and Design in Prague, University of Applied Arts in that city. Throughout her career she produced illustrations for more than 40 books over three decades. Her illustrations for ''Chinese Fairy Tales'' by Dana Šťovíčková, Dana and Milada Šťovíčková won the Grand Prix at the Biennial of Illustration Bratislava in 1969. Two of her prints are in the collection of the National Gallery of Art; she is also represented in the collection of the University of Iowa Stanley Museum of Art. Select Bibliography * Hermína Frankova, ''Blázni a Pythagoras. Dívčí román''. (Ilustrovala Eva Bednářová.). Praha, 1966. * Olga Scheinpflugová, ''Pohádky.'' (ilustrovala Eva Bednářová). Praha : Mladá fronta, 1971 * Dana and Milada Št́ovíčková (retold by) and translated into English by Alic ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kamil Bednář
Kamil Bednář (4 July 1912 – 23 May 1972), also known by his pen name "Prokop Kouba", was a Czechoslovak poet, translator, prose writer, dramatist and publishing house editor. Life Bednář was born in Prague. After 1931, he studied law, and then six years of philosophy in Charles University. After he finished his studies in 1939, he worked in the publishing house Melantrich, from 1949 in the publishing house '' Československý spisovatel''. Since 1959 he dedicated himself only to the literature. He was founder of the literary group ''Ohnice'' (jointed charlock) and ''Pevný bod'' as well as author of poems, prose writings, essays, fairy tales and numerous translations from different languages. He died, aged 59, in Mělník. Works Books * ''Kouzlení a cesty doktora Fausta'' * ''O Faustovi, Markétce a ďáblu'' * ''Zuzanka a mořeplavci na Vltavě'' * ''Kamenný palác'' * ''Veliký mrtvý'' Translations *American poet Robinson Jeffers John Robinson Jeffers (Janua ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vladimír Bednář
Vladimír Bednář (born 1 October 1948) is a Czech ice hockey player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1972 Winter Olympics The 1972 Winter Olympics, officially the and commonly known as Sapporo 1972 ( ja, 札幌1972), was a winter multi-sport event held from February 3 to 13, 1972, in Sapporo, Japan. It was the first Winter Olympic Games to take place outside Europe .... References External links * 1948 births Living people Czech ice hockey defencemen HC Dukla Jihlava players HC Karlovy Vary players HK Partizan players HC Plzeň players Stjernen Hockey players Olympic ice hockey players for Czechoslovakia Ice hockey players at the 1972 Winter Olympics People from Beroun Olympic bronze medalists for Czechoslovakia Olympic medalists in ice hockey Medalists at the 1972 Winter Olympics Ice hockey people from the Central Bohemian Region Czechoslovak ice hockey defencemen Czechoslovak expatriate sportspeople in Norway Czechoslovak expatriate sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Markéta Bednářová
Markéta Bednářová (née Mokrošová, born 17 April 1981 in Nové Město na Moravě) is a Czech basketball player who competed in the 2008 Summer Olympics The 2008 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXIX Olympiad () and also known as Beijing 2008 (), were an international multisport event held from 8 to 24 August 2008, in Beijing, China. A total of 10,942 athletes from 204 Na .... References 1981 births Living people Czech women's basketball players Olympic basketball players for the Czech Republic Basketball players at the 2008 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Nové Město na Moravě {{CzechRepublic-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Pavel Bednář
Pavel Bednář (born June 25, 1970) is a Czech sprint canoer and marathon canoeist who competed in the 1990s. He won two medals at the ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships with a silver (C-1 10000 m: 1993) and a bronze (C-2 200 m: 1997). Bednář also competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta Atlanta ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the U.S. state of Georgia. It is the seat of Fulton County, the most populous county in Georgia, but its territory falls in both Fulton and DeKalb counties. With a population of 498,715 ..., but was eliminated in the semifinals of both the C-2 500 m and the C-2 1000 m events. References * *Sports-Reference.com profile 1970 births Canoeists at the 1996 Summer Olympics Czech male canoeists Living people Olympic canoeists for the Czech Republic ICF Canoe Sprint World Championships medalists in Canadian {{CzechRepublic-canoe-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Cooper (profession)
A cooper is a person trained to make wooden casks, barrels, vats, buckets, tubs, troughs and other similar containers from timber staves that were usually heated or steamed to make them pliable. Journeymen coopers also traditionally made wooden implements, such as rakes and wooden-bladed shovels. In addition to wood, other materials, such as iron, were used in the manufacturing process. The trade is the origin of the surname Cooper. Etymology The word "cooper" is derived from Middle Dutch or Middle Low German ''kūper'' 'cooper' from ''kūpe'' 'cask', in turn from Latin ''cupa'' 'tun, barrel'. Everything a cooper produces is referred to collectively as ''cooperage.'' A cask is any piece of cooperage containing a bouge, bilge, or bulge in the middle of the container. A barrel is a type of cask, so the terms "barrel-maker" and "barrel-making" refer to just one aspect of a cooper's work. The facility in which casks are made is also referred to as a cooperage. As a name In mu ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Karolína Bednářová
Karolína Bednárová (born ) is a Czech female volleyball player. She was part of the Czech Republic women's national volleyball team. She participated in the 2013 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix The 2013 FIVB Volleyball World Grand Prix was the 21st edition of the annual women's international volleyball tournament played by 20 countries from 2 August to 1 September 2013. Competing nations Qualification process * /sup> The top four N .... On club level she played for PTSV Aachen in 2013. References External links Profileat ''FIVB.org'' 1986 births Living people Wing spikers Czech women's volleyball players People from Frýdlant Sportspeople from the Liberec Region {{CzechRepublic-volleyball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
The Man With The Golden Arm (novel)
''The Man with the Golden Arm'' is a novel by Nelson Algren, published by Doubleday (publisher), Doubleday in November 1949. One of the seminal novels of post-World War II American letters, ''The Man with the Golden Arm'' is widely considered Algren's greatest and most enduring work. It won the National Book Award in 1950. The novel details the trials and hardships of illicit card dealer "Frankie Machine", along with an assortment of colorful characters, on Chicago's Near Northwest Side. A veteran of World War II, Frankie struggles to stabilize his personal life while trying to make ends meet and fight a growing addiction to morphine. Much of the story takes place during the immediate postwar period along Division Street (Chicago), Division Street and Milwaukee Avenue (Chicago), Milwaukee Avenue in the old Polish Downtown (Chicago), Polish Downtown. Plot summary The events of the novel take place between 1946 and 1948, primarily on the Near Northwest Side of Chicago. The title ch ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
David A
David (; , "beloved one") (traditional spelling), , ''Dāwūd''; grc-koi, Δαυΐδ, Dauíd; la, Davidus, David; gez , ዳዊት, ''Dawit''; xcl, Դաւիթ, ''Dawitʿ''; cu, Давíдъ, ''Davidŭ''; possibly meaning "beloved one". was, according to the Hebrew Bible, the third king of the United Kingdom of Israel. In the Books of Samuel, he is described as a young shepherd and harpist who gains fame by slaying Goliath, a champion of the Philistines, in southern Canaan. David becomes a favourite of Saul, the first king of Israel; he also forges a notably close friendship with Jonathan, a son of Saul. However, under the paranoia that David is seeking to usurp the throne, Saul attempts to kill David, forcing the latter to go into hiding and effectively operate as a fugitive for several years. After Saul and Jonathan are both killed in battle against the Philistines, a 30-year-old David is anointed king over all of Israel and Judah. Following his rise to power, David ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
