Antonín Janda-Očko (21 September 1892 – 21 January 1960) was an international

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who played for

Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca ...

and

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as a

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International career

Janda played 10 times for his home country, and in his participation with the Czechoslovak Olympic team at the 1920 Summer Olympics football tournament he was notable for having scored two

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s and appearing in the final. However, he did not win a medal; after the dismissal of his team-mate Karel Steiner in that final against

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, Janda and the other discontented Czechoslovakians left the pitch in the 40th minute, ultimately causing the Czechoslovaks to get disqualified.

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* 1892 births 1960 deaths Czechoslovak men's footballers Czechoslovakia men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Czechoslovakia Footballers at the 1920 Summer Olympics AC Sparta Prague players Men's association football forwards Footballers from Prague Czech men's footballers {{Czechoslovakia-footy-bio-stub