Jānis Lidmanis
| Jānis Lidmanis | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| birthday | January 18, 1910 | |
| place of birth | Riga , Livonia Governorate | |
| date of death | November 29, 1986 | |
| Place of death | Melbourne , Australia | |
| position | midfield | |
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| ASK Riga | ||
| 1931-1940 | Riga FK | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1931-1940 | Latvia | 55 (2) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Jānis Lidmanis (born January 5 . Jul / 18th January 1910 . Greg in Riga ; † 29. November 1986 in Melbourne ) was a Latvian football - and basketball player .
Career and life
Jānis Lidmanis was born in Riga and went to primary school there. Between 1925 and 1929 he was a student at the Riga State High School . In 1934 he joined the military. He began his football and basketball career at ASK Riga, an army club. He probably only played briefly for the main club's soccer team . With the basketball department he won the Latvian championship three times (1928, 1931, 1932). From 1931 he played football for the Riga FK for nine years . He was four times champion and twice cup winner.
He was used 14 times for the Latvian national basketball team in the 1930s. With the team he won the first ever European basketball championship in 1935 . In the final, Spain was defeated 24 to 18.
Lidmanis also played in the national soccer team . He completed 55 international matches for the national team and was after Ēriks Pētersons the player with the second most appearances before the Second World War. In 43 international matches, he led the selection as team captain on the field. The midfielder took part in the Baltic Cup seven times with Latvia , and won it four times.
During the Second World War, Lidmanis and his wife Anna (* 1906) fled to Germany from the Red Army in 1944 . In 1949 they emigrated to Australia on the SS Wooster Victory . In 1955/56 he submitted a naturalization application to the Department of Immigration responsible at the time .
Lidmanis died in Melbourne, Australia in 1986 at the age of 76 and was buried in Sydney's Rookwood Cemetery .
successes
in Football:
- Baltic Cup (4): 1932 , 1933 , 1936 , 1937
- Latvian Masters (4): 1931 , 1934 , 1935 , 1940
- Latvian Cup Winner (2): 1937 , 1939
in the Baketball:
- Latvian Masters (3): 1928, 1931, 1932
- European Champion (1): 1935
Web links
- Jānis Lidmanis in the database of EU-Football.info (English)
- Jānis Lidmanis in the database of the Latvian Football Association (Latvian)
- Jānis Lidmanis in the database of transfermarkt.de
- Biography on kazhe.lv (Latvian)
Individual evidence
- ↑ entry to Jānis Lidmanis on the official website of the Australian Government (English), accessed on April 17, 2019
- ↑ Jānis Lidmanis's application for naturalization on the official website of the Australian government , accessed on April 17, 2019
- ↑ Jānis Lidmanis. findagrave.com, accessed April 17, 2019 .
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Lidmanis, Jānis |
| ALTERNATIVE NAMES | Lidmanis, Janis |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Latvian soccer and basketball player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 18, 1910 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Riga , Livonia Governorate |
| DATE OF DEATH | November 29, 1986 |
| Place of death | Melbourne , Australia |