Mykolas Ruzgys
 Mykolas Ruzgys in 1939 | |||||||||||||
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| Born |
January 15, 1915 United States | ||||||||||||
| Died | Unknown | ||||||||||||
| Height | 6 ft 2 in (1.88 m) | ||||||||||||
| Weight | 184 lb (83 kg) | ||||||||||||
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Mykolas Ruzgys (born January 15, 1913) was a Lithuanian basketball player. He won gold medal with Lithuania national basketball team during the EuroBasket 1939, held in Kaunas.
Biography
Born in the United States of America as Michael Paul Rutzgis, around 1938 he moved to Kaunas, Lithuania and became CJSO (Lithuanian: Centrinė Jaunalietuvių Sporto Organizacija) basketball team member and player. He was invited to Lithuania national basketball team and became champion of Europe in 1939. He was fifth in scoring during the competition. Around 1940 he returned to USA.
After the Second World War he settled in Monaco where he became a basketball coach. He coached the Spanish National Team in the 1950 FIBA World Championship in Argentina, while at the same time coaching one team in the Spanish League, U.D. Huesca. After that, he became player-coach for Bazan Ferrol.
Sources
- Vidas Mačiulis, Vytautas Gudelis. Halė, kurioje žaidė Lubinas ir Sabonis. 1939–1989. – Respublikinis sporto kombinatas, Kaunas, 1989.