Ján Starší (17 October 1933 in

Sokolče Sokolče is a former village which was situated in the Liptov region of Slovakia. The village was inundated by the reservoir Liptovská Mara in 1975. Famous residents

* Stan Mikita - NHL star, member of Hockey Hall of Fame * Ján Starší (1 ...

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– 13 April 2019) was a Slovak

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player and coach who competed in the

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. He was inducted into the

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in 1999.

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