Milan Dvořák (19 November 1934 – 21 July 2022) was a Czech

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. Though he played mostly on a position of defender, Dvořák was a universal player who could operate also as midfielder and forward. Dvořák started his career at Bohemians Prague. At the age of 18 he already debuted in the Czechoslovakia national team. Two years later, in 1954 he moved to

Dukla Prague Dukla Prague ( cz, Dukla Praha) was a Czechoslovakia, Czech association football, football club from the city of Prague. Established in 1948 as ATK Praha, the club won a total of 11 Czechoslovak league titles and eight Czechoslovak Cups, and in ...

to serve his

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there. He stayed at Dukla after his compulsory service ended. In the 1956 season he scored 15 goals and together with

Miroslav Wiecek Miroslav Wiecek (4 November 1931 in Ostrava – 12 July 1997) was a Czech football player. Wiecek played most of his career for Baník Ostrava. He played 325 matches and scored 174 goals in the Czechoslovak First League, four times becoming t ...

Baník Ostrava ''Baník'' is a Slovak word meaning "miner". Since the 1950s it has been part of the name of various sports clubs in Czechoslovakia associated mostly with coal mining regions. In Poland, the same practice was conducted with the name ''górnik''. ...

became the top goalscorer of the

Czechoslovak First League The Czechoslovak First League ( cs, 1. fotbalová liga, sk, 1. futbalová liga) was the premier football league in the Czechoslovakia from 1925 to 1993, with the exception of World War II. Czechoslovakia was occupied by German forces who forme ...

. He appeared in 283 league matches and scored 61 goals. During his career at Dukla, Dvořák won the

six times, in 1956, 1961, 1962, 1963, 1964 and 1966.Profile at Hall of Fame Dukla Praha website
Dvořák was a member of the Czechoslovakia national football team and played at the 1958 FIFA World Cup in Sweden, where he appeared in four matches and scored two goals.

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