Ondřej Sekora [SEP] place of death
Ondřej Sekora
Ondřej Sekora (25 September 1899, Brno – 4 July 1967, Prague) was a Czech painter, illustrator, writer, journalist and entomologist. He is known mainly as an author of children books. Sekora was also one of the first propagators of rugby in Czechoslovakia.
Biography.
In 1919 he graduated from the gymnasium in Vyškov. He then studied at the "Faculty of Law" of Masaryk University. From 1921 he worked as a sports editor, illustrator, reporter and commentator for "Lidové
terminology. He co-founded and edited the magazine "Sport".
The Main-belt asteroid 13406 Sekora, discovered in 1999, is named after him.
Rugby.
Rugby union was introduced to Czechoslovakia (as it was then) by Ondřej Sekora, when he returned from living in France in 1926, with a rugby ball and set of rules. Brno, the Moravian capital is considered the cradle of rugby in Czechoslovakia, and is where the first match took place, between SK "Moravská Slávie"