Pranas Mažeika (basketball player)
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 Pranas Mažeika (1939) |
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| Player information | ||
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| Full name | Pranas Mažeika | |
| birthday | August 15, 1917 | |
| place of birth | Belorezk , Bashkortostan , Russia | |
| date of death | September 18, 2010 | |
| Place of death | Chicago , USA | |
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| 1937-1939 | Lithuania |
European basketball championship 1937 European basketball championship 1939 |
Pranas Mažeika (born August 15, 1917 in Belorezk , Bashkortostan , Russia , † September 18, 2010 in Chicago , USA) was a Lithuanian sports soldier and basketball player. He won two gold medals with the Lithuanian national basketball team at Eurobasket 1937 and European Basketball Championship 1939 .
Life
In 1938 he graduated from the Aušros high school for boys in Kaunas . In 1939 he graduated from Kaunas War School . From 1939 to 1944 he studied medicine at the Vytautas Magnus University in Kaunas and became a doctor. In 1944 he emigrated to the West and in 1949 to the USA. He worked as a doctor for 35 years. In 1985 he retired.
literature
- Vidas Mačiulis, Vytautas Gudelis. Halė, kurioje žaidė Lubinas ir Sabonis. 1939–1989 - Respublikinis sporto Kombatas, Kaunas, 1989
Individual evidence
- ↑ Death ( Memento of the original from January 16, 2015 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.
- ^ European Championships for Men , Lithuanian Basketball Research.
| personal data | |
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| SURNAME | Mažeika, Pranas |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Lithuanian basketball player, sports soldier and doctor |
| DATE OF BIRTH | August 15, 1917 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Belorezk , Bashkortostan , Russia |
| DATE OF DEATH | September 18, 2010 |
| Place of death | Chicago |