Juozas Žukas

Juozas Žukas
Juozas Žukas (sixth from the right)
Personal information
Birth nameJoseph J. Zukas
Born(1915-10-29)October 29, 1915
Chicago, Illinois
DiedJuly 7, 1981(1981-07-07) (aged 65)
Tucson, Arizona
Medal record
Men's basketball
Representing  Lithuania
FIBA EuroBasket
Gold medal – first place 1937 Riga Team competition

Jonas Juozas Žukas (October 29, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois - July 7, 1981)[1][2][3] was a Lithuanian basketball and tennis player. He won a gold medal with Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1937.

Žukas lived in northern Chicago, near Ogden Park, and was known as Joseph "Joe" Zukas.[4] His first visit to Lithuania was in 1930, where he worked as a sports instructor in the physical culture department in Kaunas.[5] He would later be part of a delegation of Lithuanian American athletes from Chicago that went to the 1935 World Lithuanian Congress in Kaunas, and stayed there teaching tennis and being a part of the national basketball team.[6][7] He played basketball for CJSO Kaunas.[8]

He returned to the United States, and lived in Tucson, Arizona, where he died on July 7, 1981.[9][10][3]

References

Footnotes
  1. ^ "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24KK-H33  : 2 March 2021), Joseph Zukas, 1937; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
  2. ^ "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWYT-LPH  : 8 January 2021), Joseph J Zukas in household of John Zukas, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-954, sheet 5A, line 9, family 78, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 949.
  3. ^ a b "Joseph Zukas in Social Security Death Index". Fold3. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  4. ^ "Chicago Tribune - Historical Newspapers". 30 May 2023.
  5. ^ CHICAGO NET STAR FINDS LITHUANIA A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE
  6. ^ http://draugas.org/key_dnlh/lh/issues/2012-09-15-LHERITAGE.pdf[permanent dead link‍]
  7. ^ The Motherland, the Godfather, and the Birth of a Basketball Dynasty: American Efforts to Promote Basketball in Lithuania
  8. ^ "EČ istorija. Penki Lietuvos žingsniai į krepšinio šlovę (1937 m.)".
  9. ^ "Arizona Daily Star from Tucson, Arizona on July 10, 1981 · Page 39". Newspapers.com. 10 July 1981. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
  10. ^ "Tucson Daily Citizen from Tucson, Arizona on May 30, 1947 · Page 7". Newspapers.com. 30 May 1947. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
Bibliography
  • Vidas Mačiulis, Vytautas Gudelis. Halė, kurioje žaidė Lubinas ir Sabonis. 1939–1989 – Respublikinis sporto kombinatas, Kaunas, 1989


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