Josef "Pepa, Pepi, Joe" Maleček (18 June 1903 – 26 September 1982) was a very successful

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player during the period between World Wars. He was born in

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and died in

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. In 1924 he participated with the Czechoslovak team in the first Winter Olympics ice hockey tournament. Four years later he was a member of the Czechoslovak team which participated in the 1928 Olympics ice hockey tournament. In 1936 he finished fourth with the Czechoslovak team in the Olympic ice hockey tournament. After communist takeover in Czechoslovakia (1948) he emigrated from the country. Maleček was also a tennis player, who competed in both the

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and

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in the early 1930s. Maleček also represented Czechoslovakia at the

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* 1903 births 1982 deaths Czechoslovak emigrants to the United States Czechoslovak male tennis players Ice hockey people from Prague Ice hockey players at the 1924 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1928 Winter Olympics Ice hockey players at the 1936 Winter Olympics IIHF Hall of Fame inductees Olympic ice hockey players of Czechoslovakia People from Bayport, New York Czech male tennis players Czech ice hockey centres Czechoslovak ice hockey centres Tennis players from Prague {{CzechRepublic-icehockey-player-stub