About Pranas Mažeika
Lived 1917 – 2007 (aged 89). Pranas Mažeika was a Lithuanian basketball player.
Pranas "Frank" Mažeika (August 15, 1917 – April 13, 2007 in the United States) was a Lithuanian physician and basketball player. He won two gold medals with the Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1937 and EuroBasket 1939. He received his medical degree in Lithuania in 1943. Together with his wife and son, he departed from Lithuania in 1944 and later emigrated to the United States in 1949. and then he practiced medicine in Lake Zurich, Illinois for over four decades.
State awards 3rd degree Medal of the Order of Vytautas the Great (1937)
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Who was Pranas Mažeika?
Lithuanian basketball player
When was Pranas Mažeika born?
Pranas Mažeika was born on 15 August 1917 in Beloretsk.
When did Pranas Mažeika die?
Pranas Mažeika died on 13 April 2007 in Modesto.
What was Pranas Mažeika's occupation?
Pranas Mažeika was a basketball player.
What nationality was Pranas Mažeika?
Pranas Mažeika was Lithuanian.
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APA: Biography.guide. (2026). Pranas Mažeika. https://biography.guide/pranas-mazeika/
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