Zenonas Puzinauskas ( lit. Zenonas Puzinauskas ; March 4, 1920 , Kaunas - July 16, 1981 , Beverly Shores ) - Lithuanian basketball player , two - time European champion ( 1937 , 1939 ).
| Zenonas Puzinauskas | |
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| Position | Defender |
| Growth | 187 cm |
| Citizenship |  Lithuania  USA |
| Date of Birth | March 4, 1920 |
| Place of Birth | Kaunas , Lithuania |
| Date of death | July 16, 1995 (aged 75) |
| Place of death | Beverly Shows , Indiana , USA |
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Biography
He studied at the Jesuit Gymnasium, and then at the University of Vytautas the Great [1] . Since 1935 he began to play basketball, played for the Grandis team [2] .
He played for the Lithuanian national team since 1937 [3] . At the victorious European Championship in 1937, he played in all five matches, scored 18 points, 8 of them in the semifinal meeting with the Polish team [4] . In the next championship in 1939, he was also one of the main players of the national team, played in all 7 matches, scored 60 points. Individually, the most successful were the games with the national teams of Hungary (79:15) and Finland (112: 9), in which he scored 21 and 20 points, respectively [5] . As a result, the Lithuanian team won the tournament, and Puzinauskas was one of the first double champions in European basketball history [6] .
In total, he played 24 matches for the Lithuanian national team and scored 164 points [3] .
In addition to basketball, athletics: in the championship of Lithuania in 1942 pushed the core (13.74 m) and the metal disk (41.02 m); He was the national champion in pentathlon [3] .
In 1944, he fled first to Austria, then to Germany. In 1952 he immigrated to the United States [3] .
Notes
- ↑ Eimantas Pūras. VDU sportinė veikla XX a. (lit.) (inaccessible link) . Vytauto Didžiojo universiteto laikraštis "Universitas Vytauti Magni". The appeal date is April 15, 2013. Archived April 24, 2008.
- ↑ Rolandas V. Eidvilas. European Championship 1939 (Eng.) . Lithuanian Basketball Research. The appeal date is April 11, 2013. Archived April 11, 2013.
- ↑ 1 2 3 4 Stanislovas Stonkus . Krepšinio kelias į Lietuvą // Lietuvos krepšinis (serija „Pažinkime Lietuvą“). - Kaunas: Šviesa, 2007. - P. 43-45. - ISBN 5430044431 .
- ↑ Santiago Velasco. European Championship 1937 (Final Stage) (English) . Linguasport: Sport History and Statistics. The appeal date is April 5, 2013. Archived April 5, 2013.
- ↑ Santiago Velasco. European Championship 1939 (Final Stage) (English) . Linguasport: Sport History and Statistics. The appeal date is April 5, 2013. Archived April 5, 2013.
- ↑ Rolandas V. Eidvilas. EČ istorija. Pergalės - ir šimto taškų skirtumu (1939 m.) (Lit.) (not available link) . Eurobasket 2011 . lrytas.lt (June 27, 2011). The appeal date is April 5, 2013. Archived June 28, 2011.
Literature
- Jungtinių Amerikos Valstijų lietuviai. (II t.) - Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos centras, Vilnius, 2002
- Vidas Mačiulis, Vytautas Gudelis. Halė, kurioje žaidė Lubinas ir Sabonis. 1939-1989. - Respublikinis sporto kombinatas, Kaunas, 1989
Links
- Zenonas Puzinaukas - European Championship for Men 1939 FIBA Europe. The appeal date is April 15, 2013. Archived April 15, 2013.
- Zenonas Puzinaukas's profile - 1939 European Championship for Men . ARCHIVE.FIBA.COM. The appeal date is April 15, 2013. Archived April 15, 2013.