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Josef Smolka
Czech volleyballist (1939–2020).
Born March 22nd, 1939 in Troubky. [ref]
Died June 1st, 2020 at 81 years old in Liberec. [ref]
Those men who, in war, seek to preserve their lives at any rate commonly die with shame and ignominy, while those who look upon death as common to all, and unavoidable, and are only solicitous to die with honour, oftener arrive at old age and, while they live, live happier. Xenophon