Kārlis Eduards Bone (19 February 1899 – 13 November 1941) was a Latvian

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. He played four matches for the

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between 1920 and 1924 and competed in the men's tournament at the

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.
Football in Latvia 1907-1940, biography Karlis Bone (Latvian language), accessed 16 March 2022.

Personal life and death

Bone was son of merchant Fricis Bone and his wife Anna Katrina (''nee'' Zute) and graduated from Riga German Gymnasium in 1918. He served as a volunteer in the Latvian Army Cavalry Squadron during the

Latvian War of Independence The Latvian War of Independence (), sometimes called Latvia's freedom battles () or the Latvian War of Liberation (), was a series of military conflicts in Latvia between 5 December 1918, after the newly proclaimed Republic of Latvia was invade ...

between 1918 and 1920. He studied law at the

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from 1920 to 1929. He served as an additional magistrate at Riga Regional Court 1928–30, assistant to a Sworn Advocate 1934–36, and Member of

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City Board 1936–40. He was awarded the Cross of Merit of the Guard in 1939. Bone married lawyer Anna Kampe with whom he had two sons. During

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he (with his wife and sons) was deported from Latvia on 14 June 1941, and died in a Soviet prison camp five months later.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bone, Karlis 1899 births 1941 deaths Latvian men's footballers Latvia men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Latvia Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Footballers from Riga Men's association football midfielders Latvian people who died in Soviet detention