About Juozas Jurgėla
Lived 1911 – 1961 (aged 49). Juozas Jurgėla was a Lithuanian basketball player.
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. Noted for mature and tactical play making.
After the end of the World War II, he moved to Germany, and later to United States. In the United States he supported Lithuanian diaspora sports.
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Who was Juozas Jurgėla?
Lithuanian basketball player (born 1911)
When was Juozas Jurgėla born?
Juozas Jurgėla was born on 11 August 1911 in Chicago.
When did Juozas Jurgėla die?
Juozas Jurgėla died on 2 May 1961 in Chicago.
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Juozas Jurgėla was a basketball player.
What nationality was Juozas Jurgėla?
Juozas Jurgėla was Lithuanian.
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