Leonas Juozapaitis
Appearance
![]() Leonas Juozapaitis, Lithuanian football player at the Olympics (1924) | |||
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 18 January 1901 | ||
Place of birth | Vilnius, Russian Empire | ||
Date of death | 13 August 1980 | (aged 79)||
Place of death | Kaunas, Lithuanian SSR | ||
Position(s) | Midfield | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
19??–19?? | LFLS Kaunas | ||
International career | |||
1924–1926 | Lithuania | 4 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Leonas Juozapaitis (18 January 1901 – 13 August 1980) was a Lithuanian footballer who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1][2]
Juozapaitis was a midfielder for LFLS Kaunas when he got called up to represent Lithuania in their first ever international in 1923 against Estonia, the next year he played at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, where they lost in the first round against Switzerland 0-9, his next two international matches also ended in defeat.[3]
He was also a keen athlete and was the Lithuanian 2 km champion in 1922 and in the same year he played in the first Lithuanian basketball match.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Leonas Juozapaitis, Bio". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Leonas Juozapaitis". Olympedia. Retrieved 25 August 2021.
- ^ "Leonas Juozapaitis, player". eu-football.info. Retrieved 28 May 2018.
- ^ "Juozapaitis, Leon". lse.it. Retrieved 28 May 2018.