Height 5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m) Name Vytautas Norkus | Weight 155 lb (70 kg) Role Basketball Player | |
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Born 28 January 1921 Lithuania Died January 29, 2014, United States of America | ||
Vytautas Norkus (28 January 1921 – 29 January 2014) was a Lithuanian-born American basketball player. He won a gold medal with the Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1939.
Biography
He studied at Kaunas Ausra boys gymnasium. From 15 years old he started to play basketball. Later in Vytautas Magnus University he studied physical education. He also played for Kaunas "Grandies" team, later for Kaunas "Perkunas".
He was invited to join Lithuania national basketball team and participate in EuroBasket 1939. He became EuroBasket champion that year. Spectators were pleased to see combination performed by him along with Vytautas Budriunas and Pranas Lubinas.
At the end of World War II he moved to Germany, where he played for Kempton Sarunas Lithuanian emigrants basketball team. In 1949 he moved to United States.