Vytautas Norkus

Vytautas Norkus

Vytautas Norkus in 1939
Personal information
Born 28 January 1921
Lithuania
Died 29 January 2014 (aged 93)
United States
Height 5 ft 8.5 in (1.74 m)
Weight 155 lb (70 kg)

Vytautas Norkus (28 January 1921 – 29 January 2014[1]) was a Lithuanian-born American basketball player. He won a gold medal with the Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1939.[2][3]

Biography

He studied at Kaunas Aušra boys gymnasium. From 15 years old he started to play basketball. Later in Vytautas Magnus University he studied physical education. He also played for Kaunas "Grandies" team, later for Kaunas "Perkūnas".

He was invited to join Lithuania national basketball team and participate in EuroBasket 1939. He became EuroBasket champion that year. Spectators were pleased to see combination performed by him along with Vytautas Budriūnas and Pranas Lubinas.

At the end of World War II he moved to Germany, where he played for Kempton Šarūnas Lithuanian emigrants basketball team. In 1949 he moved to United States.

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