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| | Czech Americans in Sports. By Mila Rechcigl (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-08) |
 | | There were three more waves of Czech migrations: first, prior to the Second World War, the second, after the Communist coup d'etat in 1948, and the third in 1968, after the squelching of the Prague Spring, during the Dubcek era, and the occupation of Czechoslovakia by the Soviet troops. |
 | | Sports, athletics and gymnastics have been an integral part in the life of Czechs for at least the last 150 years. |
 | | In 1957, he was named to the Nebraska Sports Hall of Fame as the greatest wrestler of his time. |
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