Drago Horvat

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Drago Horvat
Born (1958-07-09) July 9, 1958 (age 64)
Jesenice, Yugoslavia
Height 6 ft 0 in (183 cm)
Weight 183 lb (83 kg; 13 st 1 lb)
Played for HK Jesenice
National teamFlag of Yugoslavia (1946-1992).svg  Yugoslavia
NHL Draft Undrafted

Drago Horvat (born July 9, 1958) is a Slovenian ice hockey player who competed for Yugoslavia. He was born in Jesenice, Slovenia. He played for the Yugoslavia men's national ice hockey team at the 1984 Winter Olympics in Sarajevo. [1]

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