Height 5 ft 9 in (1.75 m) Name Juozas Jurgela | Weight 165 lb (75 kg) | |
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Born August 11, 1911 Chicago, United States Died May 2, 1961(1961-05-02) (aged 49) | ||
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. As a member of Grandis club he won third place during the first Lithuania nation Olympics. He was invited to Lithuania national basketball team twice (1937, Riga and 1939, Kaunas). He won gold medal at EuroBasket 1939. Noted for mature and tactical play making.
After the end of the World War II, he moved to Germany, and later to United States.
References
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