Heinrich Uukkivi (10 May 1912 – 12 April 1943) was an Estonian

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and

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player. He won the

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five times, the Estonian Bandy Championship three times and the Estonian Ice Hockey Championship twice. Internationally, Uukkivi made 46 appearances for the

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since his debut in 1931, and scored 7 goals. He won the

1931 Events January * January 2 – South Dakota native Ernest Lawrence invents the cyclotron, used to accelerate particles to study nuclear physics. * January 4 – German pilot Elly Beinhorn begins her flight to Africa. * January 22 – Sir I ...

and the

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with the team. He also made three appearances for the

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and three appearances for the

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. In 1940, after

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, Uukkivi was forcibly drafted into the

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and subsequently captured by the invading German forces. Later, he was released by the Soviet Army and sentenced to a prison camp, where he died.

Honours

Club

Football

;Estonia * Estonian Championship:

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

1935 Events January * January 7 – Italian premier Benito Mussolini and French Foreign Minister Pierre Laval conclude Franco-Italian Agreement of 1935, an agreement, in which each power agrees not to oppose the other's colonial claims. * ...

1936 Events January–February * January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...

, 1937–38, 1938–39

Bandy

;Kalev * Estonian Championship: 1933, 1934 ;Dünamo * Estonian Championship: 1941

Ice Hockey

;Kalev * Estonian Championship: 1933, 1937

Country

Football

;Estonia * Baltic Cup:

1938 Events January * January 1 ** The Constitution of Estonia#Third Constitution (de facto 1938–1940, de jure 1938–1992), new constitution of Estonia enters into force, which many consider to be the ending of the Era of Silence and the a ...

References

1912 births 1943 deaths People from Narva-Jõesuu People from the Governorate of Estonia Estonian men's footballers Estonia men's international footballers Estonian ice hockey players Soviet military personnel of World War II Estonian prisoners of war World War II prisoners of war held by Germany Estonian people who died in Soviet detention People who died in the Gulag Men's association football forwards {{Estonia-footy-bio-stub