August Lass
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 16 August 1903 | ||
Place of birth | Tallinn, Russian Empire | ||
Date of death | 27 November 1962 | (aged 59)||
Place of death | Tallinn, Estonia | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1921–1925 | JK Tallinna Kalev | ||
1925–1928 | Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi | ||
National team | |||
1921–1928 | Estonia | 21 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
August Lass (16 August 1903 – 27 November 1962[1]) was an Estonian footballer.[2]
Career[]
Lass earned 21 caps for the Estonian national team between 1921 and 1928. He played for JK Tallinna Kalev and Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi and participated at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[3]
He became Estonian champion in 1923 with JK Tallinna Kalev, in 1926 and 1928 with Tallinna JK. He was arrested by the Soviet authorities in April 1941 and was deported to Siberia, he returned home in 1947, but in 1949-1955 he was deported again for unknown reasons.[4]
Honours[]
References[]
- ^ "August Lass, international footballer".
- ^ "August Lass". Olympedia. Retrieved 24 August 2021.
- ^ Sports Reference profile
- ^ http://www.esbl.ee/biograafia/August_Lass ESBL Profile (in Estonian)
Categories:
- 1903 births
- 1962 deaths
- Sportspeople from Tallinn
- People from the Governorate of Estonia
- Estonian footballers
- Estonia international footballers
- Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Estonia
- JK Tallinna Kalev players
- Burials at Rahumäe Cemetery
- Association football goalkeepers
- Estonian football biography stubs