August Lass (16 August 1903 – 27 November 1962) was an

Estonia Estonia, formally the Republic of Estonia, is a country by the Baltic Sea in Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by the Gulf of Finland across from Finland, to the west by the sea across from Sweden, to the south by Latvia, a ...

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Career

Lass earned 21 caps for the Estonian national team between 1921 and 1928. He played for

JK Tallinna Kalev JK Tallinna Kalev, also known as Tallinna Kalev or simply Kalev, is a football club based in Tallinn, Estonia, that competes in the Meistriliiga, the top flight of Estonian football. The club's home ground is the Kalevi Keskstaadion. Formed as ...

and

Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi Tallinna JK or simply TJK is a defunct Estonian football (soccer), football club, based in Tallinn. Founded in 1921, TJK were one of the founding members of the Estonian Football Championship in 1921 Estonian Football Championship, 1921. On 4 Janu ...

and participated at the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (french: Jeux olympiques d'été de 1924), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad (french: Jeux de la VIIIe olympiade) and also known as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The op ...

. 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

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, he returned home in 1947, but in 1949-1955 he was deported again for unknown reasons.http://www.esbl.ee/biograafia/August_Lass ESBL Profile

Honours

* Estonian Top Division:

1923 Events January–February * January 9 – Lithuania begins the Klaipėda Revolt to annex the Klaipėda Region (Memel Territory). * January 11 – Despite strong British protests, troops from France and Belgium occupy the Ruhr area, t ...

Tallinna JK * Estonian Top Division:

1926 Events January * January 3 – Theodoros Pangalos declares himself dictator in Greece. * January 8 **Abdul-Aziz ibn Saud is crowned King of Hejaz. ** Crown Prince Nguyễn Phúc Vĩnh Thuy ascends the throne, the last monarch of V ...

1928 Events January * January – British bacteriologist Frederick Griffith reports the results of Griffith's experiment, indirectly proving the existence of DNA. * January 1 – Eastern Bloc emigration and defection: Boris Bazhanov, J ...

References

1903 births 1962 deaths Footballers 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 {{Estonia-footy-bio-stub