August Lass

August Lass
Personal information
Date of birth16 August 1903
Place of birthTallinn, Russian Empire
Date of death27 November 1962 (aged 59)
Place of deathTallinn, Estonian SSR, USSR
Playing positionGoalkeeper
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1921–1925JK Tallinna Kalev
1925–1928Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi
National team
1921–1928Estonia21(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

August Lass (16 August 1903 – 27 November 1962[1]) was an Estonian footballer.

Career

Lass earned 21 caps for the Estonian national team between 1921 and 1928. He played for JK Tallinna Kalev and Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi and participated at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[2]

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 Siberia, he returned home in 1947, but in 1949-1955 he was deported again for unknown reasons.[3]

Honours

Estonia JK Tallinna Kalev

Estonia Tallinna JK

References