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Zdeněk Procházka

Czech footballer (1928-2016)

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionNov 6, 2025
Entity authorityQ4023958 ↗
Source-derived summary

Zdeněk Procházka (12 January 1928 – 24 September 2016) was a Czechoslovak football midfielder who played for Czechoslovakia in the 1954 FIFA World Cup. He also played for AC Sparta Prague.

Editorial summary

The public source identifies “Zdeněk Procházka” as czech footballer (1928-2016). This brief keeps that definition visible, then builds a research path around Zdeněk, Procházka and Czech.

Editorial reviewStrongest as a route into the people, institutions and dated events that shaped the subject’s public record. The current lead gives the account dated anchors—1928, 2016, 1954—that can be checked directly. The linked authority record independently contributes the date 1928-01-12. Its value is orientation rather than verdict, with Zdeněk, Procházka and Czech providing the first useful test.
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Why this record matters

A short description can identify a subject without explaining its stakes. For “Zdeněk Procházka”, the useful work is to connect “czech footballer (1928-2016)” to the records capable of establishing context and consequence.

Evidence profile

Chronology provides the most reliable spine for this subject; interpretation should follow only after identities and dates are secure. The source revision retrieved here is dated Nov 6, 2025. The linked authority identifier is Q4023958. 1 of 1 selected statements include explicit references; 0 carry qualifiers and 0 use preferred rank. The first chronological checks are 1928, 2016 and 1954.

Critical limits

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This entry incorporates text from “Zdeněk Procházka” on English Wikipedia. Contributors are listed in the page history. Text is available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 License. Selected authority identifiers and statements are retrieved from Wikidata under CC0; their references and qualifiers remain part of the verification path.