Josef Ezr (3 October 1923 – 2 November 2013) was a Czech

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player. He was voted to the Czechoslovak 20th Century Team in 2001.

National team career

With the senior Czechoslovakia national team, Ezr competed in the men's tournament at the

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, and the

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. With Czechoslovakia, he also won the gold medal at the 1946 EuroBasket, and the silver medal at the 1947 EuroBasket.

References

External links

FIBA Profile 1
1923 births 2013 deaths Czech men's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Czechoslovakia Basketball players at the 1948 Summer Olympics Basketball players at the 1952 Summer Olympics Basketball players from Prague {{CzechRepublic-basketball-bio-stub