František Tikal, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Czech ice hockey coach, ice hockey player and field hockey player
Date of Birth: 18-Jul-1933
Place of Birth: Včelná, South Bohemian Region, Czech Republic
Date of Death: 10-Aug-2008
Profession: ice hockey player
Zodiac Sign: Cancer 
About František Tikal
- František Tikal (18 July 1933 – 10 August 2008) was a Czechoslovak ice hockey defenseman.
- He played 17 seasons in the Czechoslovak Extraliga for HC Sparta Praha and won two national titles.
- Internationally he played 59 games for Czechoslovakia, including 15 at the 1960 and 1964 Winter Olympics, and earned an Olympic bronze medal in 1964, placing fourth in 1960.
- He was named the best defender of the tournament at the 1964 Olympics and 1965 World Championships.
- At the 1960 Games he played one game against his twin brother Zdenek, who fled to Australia in 1948.
- In 2004 Tikal was inducted into the International Ice Hockey Federation Hall of Fame.
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