EUROPEAN CHAMPIONSHIP 1939 — NATIONAL SQUADS

(In blue, original names of countries and players)

 

 

Estonia (Eesti) EST

Finland (Suomi) FIN

3. Valdeko Valdmäe

4. Oskar Erikson

5. Herbert Tillemann

6. Ralf Viksten

7. Georg Vinogradov

8. Artur Amon

9. Hans Juurup

10. Erich Altosaar

11. Heino Veskila

13. Evald Mahl

COACH: Herbert Niiler

3. Martti Salminen

4. Kalevi Ihalainen

5. Ilkka Törrönen

6. Erkki Saurala

8. Pentti Vuollekoski

9. Pauli Sarkkula

10. Manne Heinonen

11. Erkki Kinden

12. Vladi Marmo

Reino Valtonen

Alo Suurna

COACH: Osmo Kupiainen

France FRA

Hungary (Magyarország) HUN

3. Vladimir Fabrikant

4. Henri Lesmayoux

5. Fernand Prud’homme

6. Jean Jeammes

7. Étienne Roland

8. Émile Frezot

10. Robert Cohu

11. Maurice Mertz

12. Abel Gravier

13. Robert Busnel

André Ambroise

Gaston Falleur

Gabriel Gonnet

Alexandre Katlama

COACH: Paul Geist

3. Aba Szathmáry

4. János Gyimesi

5. Géza Bajári

6. Ferenc Velkei

7. Géza Kardos

8. Gyula Stolpa

9. István Szamosi

10. Sándor Csányi

11. Zoltán Csányi

12. János Szabó

xxx Stankovits

COACH: István Király

Italy (Italia) ITA

Latvia (Latvija) LAT

3. Giancarlo Marinelli

4. Mino Pasquini

5. Mario Novelli

6. Venzo Vannini

7. Michele Pelliccia

8. Gelsomino Girotti

9. Ambrogio Bessi

10. Giuseppe Bernini

11. Aldo Tambone

12. Bruno Renner

13. Giovanbattista Pellegrini

COACH: Decio Scuri

3. Aleksandrs Vanags

4. Alfrēds Krauklis

5. Teodors Grīnbergs

7. Maksis Kazāks

8. Voldemārs Šmits

9. Jānis Graudiņš

10. Visvaldis Melderis

11. Kārlis Ārents

12. Juris Solovjovs

14. Kārlis Satiņš

xxx Justas

xxx Laukevics

COACH: Valdemārs Baumanis

Lithuania (Lietuva) LIT

Poland (Polska) POL

5. Jurgis Jurgėla

6. Pranas Mažeika

7. Vytautas Norkus

8. Artūras Andrulis

9. Pranas Lubinas (*)

10. Vytautas Budriūnas

11. Zenonas Puzinauskas

12. Leonas Baltrūnas

13. Feliksas Kriaučiūnas

14. Mykolas Ruzgys

21. Vytautas Leščinskas

Eugenijus Nikolskis

Leonas Petrauskas

Mindaugas Šliūpas

Artūras Cenfeldas

COACH-PLAYER: Pranas Lubinas

* The real name of Pranas Lubinas was Frank Lubin, an American center born in Los Angeles who won the gold medal with the USA at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin. However, the Lithuanian Basketball Federation registered him for the European Championship as a native player (even producing a birth certificate showing that Lubin was born in Kaunas), and therefore he could play for Lithuania. This was one of the most famous cases of naturalized players during the 30s in Europe (mostly in the Lithuanian squad).

4. Jerzy Gregołajtis

5. Bogdan Bartosiewicz

6. Jarosław Śmigielski

7. Zbigniew Resich

8. Florian Grzechowiak

9. Stanisław Pawłowski

10. Paweł Stok

11. Jerzy Rossudowski

12. Zdzisław Kasprzak

13. Ewaryst Łój

Wlodzimierz Plawczyk

COACH: Walenty Kłyszejko

 

 

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