Dissolved 1944 League A Lyga | Founded 1927 | |
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Full name Lietuvos gimnastikos ir sporto federacija | ||
LGSF Kaunas (English: Lithuanian gymnastics and sports federation) was a Lithuanian football club from Kaunas. It was one of the most successful football clubs from Kaunas during interbellum.
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History
LGSF was founded on May 17, 1922 by physical education worker Karolis Dineika and professor Juozas Eretas. It was a club that was cultivated by Lithuanian Christian Democrats party. Its basis was Ateitininkai and Pavasarininkai sports sections and independent clubs. Organization had over 80 sections. Until 1930 it published newspaper "Jėga ir grožis" ("Power and Beauty"). LGSF had strong football, basketball and track and fields teams. It was dissolved in 1944.
Football department was established only in 1927, because this game was disliked by Dineika. In that year the team started playing in B class, in 1928 it was promoted to A class. Team visited Estonia, Latvia, Poland, Netherlands. In 1939 Vilnius department was founded (LGSF Vilnius).