Juozas Jurgėla
Juozas Jurgėla in 1939 | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | August 11, 1911 Chicago, Illinois, U.S. | ||||||||||||||
| Died | May 2, 1961 (aged 49) | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) | ||||||||||||||
| Weight | 165 lb (75 kg) | ||||||||||||||
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Juozas Jurgėla (August 11, 1911 – May 2, 1961) was a Lithuanian basketball player. He won gold medal at EuroBasket 1939 with Lithuania national basketball team.
Biography
Studied in Kaunas, from 1925 played basketball in Kaunas Grandis club.[1][2] As a member of Grandis club he won third place during the first Lithuania nation Olympics.[1][2] He was invited to Lithuania national basketball team twice (1937, Riga and 1939, Kaunas). He won gold medal at EuroBasket 1939.[1][2][3] Noted for mature and tactical play making.[3]
After the end of the World War II, he moved to Germany, and later to United States.[1] In the United States he supported Lithuanian diaspora sports.[1][2]
Sources
- ^ a b c d e Aleksa, Valentinas. "Juozas Jurgėla". Visuotinė lietuvių enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ^ a b c d Stonkus, Stanislovas. "Juozas Jurgėla". Lietuvos sporto enciklopedija (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- ^ a b Eidvilas, Rolandas V. "EČ istorija. Antrojo Lietuvos triumfo savaitė (1939 m.)". Lrytas.lt (in Lithuanian). Retrieved 15 March 2026.
- United States of America Lithuanians (Jungtinių Amerikos Valstijų lietuviai) – Science and encyclopedia publishing center, Vilnius, 1998
- Vidas Mačiulis, Vytautas Gudelis. Halė, kurioje žaidė Lubinas ir Sabonis. 1939–1989 – Respublikinis sporto kombinatas, Kaunas, 1989