Jiří_Zídek_Sr.
Jiří Zídek Sr.
Czech basketball player and coach (1944–2022)
Jiří Zídek Sr. (8 February 1944 – 21 May 2022)[1] was a Czech professional basketball player and coach. At 2.06 metres (6 ft 9 in) tall, Zídek was a talented center, and is considered by many[by whom?] to be the best Czech basketball player ever. He was named the Best Czech Player of the 20th Century. He was also among the 105 nominees to the 50 Greatest EuroLeague Contributors list. His son, Jiří "George" Zídek Jr., also won the EuroLeague title with Žalgiris, in 1999. To this day, they are the only father and son to have reached a EuroLeague title game as players. In 2019, he became the first Czech to be inducted into the FIBA Hall of Fame.[2]