Alfrēds Plade (11 June 1905 – 29 March 1944) was a Latvian

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...

who played as a

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. He made one appearance for the Latvia national team in 1923 and was part of the squad at the

1924 Summer Olympics The 1924 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the VIII Olympiad () and officially branded as Paris 1924, were an international multi-sport event held in Paris, France. The opening ceremony was held on 5 July, but some competitions had al ...

Personal life and death

Plade was born in Riga, son of

cantor A cantor or chanter is a person who leads people in singing or sometimes in prayer. Cantor as a profession generally refers to those leading a Jewish congregation, although it also applies to the lead singer or choir director in Christian contexts. ...

Jekabs Plade and his wife Sofija Rozalija (''nee'' Veikmane). He was one of four Plade brothers who played for the Latvia football team, the others were Voldemars, Kurts and

Teodors Teodors is a Latvian masculine given name A given name (also known as a forename or first name) is the part of a personal name quoted in that identifies a person, potentially with a middle name as well, and differentiates that person fro ...

. He did compulsory military service in a Latvian Army tank regiment in 1925-26 and worked as a cantor.
Football in Latvia 1907-1940, biography Alfreds Plate (Latvian language), accessed 16 March 2022. In 1939, unlike his brothers he did not repatriate to Germany as a Baltic Germans, Baltic German and remained a Latvian national. During the German occupation of Latvia in

World War II World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

he joined the

Latvian Auxiliary Police Latvian Auxiliary Police was a paramilitary force created from Latvian volunteers and conscripts by the Nazi German authorities who occupied the country in June/July 1941. It was part of the '' Schutzmannschaft'' (Shuma), native police forces o ...

and was killed in action on the Russian Front in March 1944.

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* 1905 births 1944 deaths Footballers from Riga Latvian people of Baltic German descent Latvian men's footballers Men's association football midfielders Latvia men's international footballers Latvian Auxiliary Police Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Latvia Latvian military personnel killed in World War II {{Latvia-footy-bio-stub