Juozas Jurgėla


Juozas Jurgėla was a Lithuanian basketball player. He won gold medal at EuroBasket 1939 with Lithuania national basketball team.

Biography

Studied in Kaunas, from 1925 played basketball in Kaunas Grandis club. As a member of Grandis club he won third place during the first Lithuania nation Olympics. He was invited to Lithuania national basketball team twice. He won gold medal at EuroBasket 1939. Noted for mature and tactical play making.
After the end of the World War II, he moved to Germany, and later to United States.