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Prokop may mean either of two Hussite generals, both of whom died in the 1434 battle of Lipan: * Prokop the Great * Prokop the Lesser Other people who bore the name Prokop: * Procopius, 6c historian * Saint Prokop, or Procopius of Sázava (died 1053), a Czech saint * Prokop, bishop of Kraków (1292–1294) * Adolf Prokop, German football referee * Bohumír Prokop, Czech handballer * František Prokop, Czech sport shooter * Gerhard Prokop, German football manager * Gert Prokop, German writer * Hubert Prokop (basketball), Czech basketball player * Joe Prokop (born 1960), American football player * Joe Prokop (halfback) (1921–1995), American football player * Ladislav Prokop, Czech basketball player * Liese Prokop, Austrian athlete and politician * Luke Prokop (born 2002), Canadian ice hockey player * Martin Prokop, Czech rally driver * Matt Prokop, American actor * Skip Prokop, Canadian musician * Stanley A. Prokop, U.S. Congressman for Pennsylvania (1959–1961) Pla ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hussite
The Hussites ( cs, Husité or ''Kališníci''; "Chalice People") were a Czech proto-Protestant Christian movement that followed the teachings of reformer Jan Hus, who became the best known representative of the Bohemian Reformation. The Hussite movement began in the Kingdom of Bohemia and quickly spread throughout the remaining Lands of the Bohemian Crown, including Moravia and Silesia. It also made inroads into the northern parts of the Kingdom of Hungary (now Slovakia), but was rejected and gained infamy for the plundering behaviour of the Hussite soldiers.Spiesz ''et al.'' 2006, p. 52.Kirschbaum 2005, p. 48. There were also very small temporary communities in Poland-Lithuania and Transylvania which moved to Bohemia after being confronted with religious intolerance. It was a regional movement that failed to expand anywhere farther. Hussites emerged as a majority Utraquist movement with a significant Taborite faction, and smaller regional ones that included Adamites, Orebites ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Prokop
Joseph Prokop is a former professional American football player who played punter for seven seasons for the Green Bay Packers, San Diego Chargers, New York Jets, San Francisco 49ers, Miami Dolphins, and New York Giants The New York Giants are a professional American football team based in the New York metropolitan area. The Giants compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's National Football Conference (NFC) East division. .... References 1960 births American football punters Green Bay Packers players San Diego Chargers players New York Jets players San Francisco 49ers players Miami Dolphins players New York Giants players Cal Poly Pomona Broncos football players Living people American sportspeople convicted of crimes National Football League replacement players {{amfoot-punter-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Prokop (Belgrade)
Prokop ( sr-cyr, Прокоп) is an urban neighborhood of Belgrade, the capital of Serbia. It is located in Belgrade's municipality of Savski Venac. Major facility in the neighborhood is the new Belgrade Centre railway station, opened for limited use in 2016. Due to the name of the main street in the old section of the neighborhood, and the name of the local community (sub-municipal administrative unit) which includes Prokop, the neighborhood's name is occasionally reported as Stjepan Filipović. Location Prokop is located at the southern edges of downtown Belgrade to which it is directly connected by the '' Kneza Miloša street''. It borders the area of former Zapadni Vračar on the north, Mostar and Senjak on the west and Dedinje on the south. It is bounded by three boulevards: ''Franše D'Eperea'' (named after general D'Esperey and in fact a part of A1 highway), ''Vojvode Putnika'' and ''Kneza Aleksandra Karađorđevića'' (named after Prince Alexandre). History Pro ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanley A
Stanley may refer to: Arts and entertainment Film and television * ''Stanley'' (1972 film), an American horror film * ''Stanley'' (1984 film), an Australian comedy * ''Stanley'' (1999 film), an animated short * ''Stanley'' (1956 TV series), an American situation comedy * ''Stanley'' (2001 TV series), an American animated series Other uses in arts and entertainment * ''Stanley'' (play), by Pam Gems, 1996 * Stanley Award, an Australian Cartoonists' Association award * '' Stanley: The Search for Dr. Livingston'', a video game * Stanley (Cars), a character in ''Cars Toons: Mater's Tall Tales'' * ''The Stanley Parable'', a 2011 video game developed by Galactic Cafe, and its titular character, Stanley Businesses and organisations * Stanley, Inc., American information technology company * Stanley Aviation, American aerospace company * Stanley Black & Decker, formerly The Stanley Works, American hardware manufacturer ** Stanley knife, a utility knife * Stanley bottle, a bran ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Skip Prokop
Ronald Harry "Skip" Prokop (December 13, 1943 – August 30, 2017) was a Canadian drummer, guitarist and keyboardist. He was also a band leader, was a founding member of the Canadian rock music groups the Paupers and Lighthouse. Early life Prokop was born in Hamilton, Ontario. He attended G.L. Armstrong elementary and Hill Park secondary schools. He was active in the Navy League and Sea Cadets, and at age 17 performed in a drum corps which won the Canadian National Individual Drumming Competition."Skip Prokop: Hamilton-born Lighthouse drummer dies at 73" ''The Hamilton Spectator'', Aug 31, 2017 by Graham Rockingham Career Prokop moved to Toronto and organized a band, the Paupers, who began playing in Yorkville c ...[...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Matt Prokop
Matthew Ray Prokop (born July 29, 1990) is an American former actor. He is best known for his role as Jimmie "The Rocket Man" Zara in '' High School Musical 3: Senior Year'' and Josh Rosen in the Disney Channel's ''Geek Charming''. Early life Prokop was born in Victoria, Texas, and moved to Los Angeles at the age of 16 to pursue his acting career. Career In 2011, Prokop was represented by Management 360 and APA. His first acting job was a brief appearance on ''Hannah Montana'' in 2007, followed by a walk-on role on ''The Office''. He guest starred on ''Medium'' (2009) as Kyle "K.C." Covington for one episode. Prokop landed a role in ''Furry Vengeance'' (2010), playing Brendan Fraser's son, and he played the role of Josh Rosen in the Disney Channel's ''Geek Charming'' (2011), based on author Robin Palmer's novel. In 2012, he appeared in an episode of '' Modern Family'', opposite then girlfriend and series regular Sarah Hyland. His last acting appearance was in the 2013 fil ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Martin Prokop
Martin Prokop (born 4 October 1982) is a Czech rally driver. He won the Junior World Rally Championship in the 2009 season. Career After competing in the Czech Rally Championship for four years, Prokop debuted in the World Rally Championship at the 2005 Monte Carlo Rally, finishing ninth in the Junior World Rally Championship (JWRC) category. He ended his season with the same position in the overall junior standings. In the 2006 season, Prokop took his first JWRC win at the Rally Catalunya and finished tenth in the championship. In 2007, Prokop continued in the junior class and won the Rallye Deutschland and the Tour de Corse. In the overall standings, he placed third behind the two Swifts of Per-Gunnar Andersson and Urmo Aava. In the 2008 season, Prokop contested both the JWRC and the Production World Rally Championship (PWRC), finishing third and fifth, respectively. In 2009, Prokop continued competing in both WRC support championships. In August 2009, he secured the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luke Prokop
Luke Prokop (born May 6, 2002) is a Canadian professional ice hockey defenceman for the Seattle Thunderbirds of the Western Hockey League as a prospect for the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL), who selected him in the 2020 NHL Entry Draft. In 2021, Prokop came out as gay, becoming the first player under contract with an NHL team to do so. Playing career Prokop is from Edmonton, Alberta. He became a fan of Shea Weber, a right-handed defenceman, when he watched Weber playing ice hockey at the 2010 Winter Olympics for the Canadian men's national ice hockey team. Prokop became a fan of Weber's team, the Nashville Predators of the National Hockey League (NHL), and began wearing jersey number 6 in his honour. Prokop attended the Pursuit of Excellence Hockey Academy in Kelowna, British Columbia. The Calgary Hitmen of the Western Hockey League (WHL) selected Prokop with their first round selection, the seventh overall, of the 2017 WHL Bantam Draf ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Liese Prokop
Liesel "Liese" Prokop-Sykora (27 March 1941 – 31 December 2006) was an Austrian athlete who competed mainly in the pentathlon and, later in her life, a politician. Biography Born as Liese Sykora in Tulln District, Lower Austria, on 27 March 1941, she graduated from the University of Vienna with a degree in biology and sport. In 1965 she married her former coach, Gunnar Prokop. The couple had two sons and a daughter. in 1967, she became student world champion in Tokyo. She competed for Austria in the 1968 Summer Olympics held in Mexico City, Mexico in the Pentathlon where she won the silver medal. In 1969, she became European champion in Athens, breaking the world pentathlon record. In addition, she was Austrian champion in pentathlon, long jump, high jump, hurdles, relay and shot putting. Prokop began her political career in 1969 and became a member of the Parliament of Lower Austria. She served as regional minister from 1981 to 1992 and vice president of Lower Au ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladislav Prokop
Ladislav Prokop (born 9 June 1917, date of death unknown) was a Czech basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp .... References External links * 1917 births Year of death missing Czech men's basketball players Olympic basketball players of Czechoslovakia Basketball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing {{CzechRepublic-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joe Prokop (halfback)
Joseph Michael Prokop (January 9, 1921 – April 29, 1995) was an American football halfback who played one season with the Chicago Rockets of the All-America Football Conference. He first enrolled at the University of Notre Dame before transferring to Bradley University. He attended Cathedral Latin High School in Cleveland, Ohio. Professional career Prokop played in two games for the Chicago Rockets during the 1948 season. Personal life Prokop's brother Eddie Eddie or Eddy may refer to: Science and technology *Eddy (fluid dynamics), the swirling of a fluid and the reverse current created when the fluid flows past an obstacle * Eddie (text editor), a text editor originally for BeOS and now ported to Lin ... also played in the AAFC. References External linksJust Sports Stats {{DEFAULTSORT:Prokop, Joe 1921 births 1995 deaths Players of American football from Cleveland American football halfbacks Notre Dame Fighting Irish football players Bradley Braves football player ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Hubert Prokop (basketball)
Hubert Prokop (born 26 May 1909, date of death unknown) was a Czech basketball player. He competed in the men's tournament at the 1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp .... References External links * 1909 births Year of death missing Czech men's basketball players Olympic basketball players of Czechoslovakia Basketball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Place of birth missing {{CzechRepublic-basketball-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
