[These daily posts will cover little known actors or people that have appeared in more recent films and TV series. Various degrees of information that I was able to find will be given and anything that you can add would be appreciated.]
Břetislav Dolejší was a Czechoslovak football goalkeeper whose career was from 1952 to 1958. He played for such teams as Dukla Prague and Slavia Prague. In 1958 he played for Czechoslovakia in the 1958 FIFA World Cup.
Born in Bretislav Hrochuv Tynec, Czechoslovakia on September 26, 1928, he was recruited as a brawler for his only film which was also his only Euro-western, “Limonádový Joe aneb Konská opera” (Lemonade Joe) as a brawler in 1964.
After this film he emigrated to Chicago, Illinois in the U.S.A. in 1967 and became a naturalized citizen in 1973. Dolejsi was employed by the Bechtel Power Corporation. He died in Los Angeles, California from cancer on October 28,2010 at the age of 82.
DOLEJSI, Bretislav [9/26/1928, Hrochuv
Tynec, Czechoslovakia – 10/28/2010, San Gabriel, California, U.S.A. (cancer)] –
soccer player [goalie], film actor, played for the Czechoslovakian team in the
1958 FIFA World Cup, played for Dukla Prague [1952-1956], Slavia Prague
[1957-1960], married to Donna Dolejsi (1975-2010) father of Bret Dolejsi.
Lemonade Joe – 1964 (brawler)
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