| LC control no. | n 50043208 |
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| Descriptive conventions | rda |
| Personal name heading | Mikita, Stan |
| Variant(s) | Gvoth, Stanislas Gvoth, Stanislav |
| Associated place | Chicago (Ill.) |
| Located | St. Catharines (Ont.) |
| Birth date | 1940-05-20 |
| Death date | 2018-08-07 |
| Place of birth | Sokolče (Slovakia) |
| Field of activity | Hockey |
| Affiliation | Chicago Blackhawks (Hockey team) |
| Profession or occupation | Centers (Hockey) |
| Found in | Firebrand on ice: Stan Mikita. [MP] 1964. Info. converted from 678, 2012-10-02 (b. 1940; hockey player) New York times WWW site, viewed Aug. 8, 2018 (in obituary published Aug. 7: Stan Mikita; b. Stanislav Gvoth, May 20, 1940, Sokolice [i.e. Sokolče], Czechoslovakia (now in Slovakia); adopted by his uncle and aunt, Joe and Anna Mikita, who had immigrated to St. Catharines, Ont.; d. Tuesday [Aug. 7, 2018], aged 78; the Chicago Blackhawks' undersized but smooth-skating and feisty center who teamed with his fellow Hall of Famer Bobby Hull in the 1960s in reviving a long-floundering franchise while popularizing the curved hockey sticks that changed the game) Chicago tribune WWW site, viewed Aug. 8, 2018 (in obituary published Aug. 7: Stan Mikita; b. Stanislav Gvoth, May 20, 1940, Sokolce; d. Tuesday [Aug. 7, 2018], aged 78) |
| Associated language | eng |
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