Heino Veskila, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

Heino Veskila

Estonian basketball player

Date of Birth: 14-Dec-1918

Place of Birth: Tartu, Livonia Governorate, Sweden

Date of Death: 22-Aug-1941

Profession: basketball player

Nationality: Estonia

Zodiac Sign: Sagittarius

Heino Veskila (14 December 1918 – 22 July 1941) was an Estonian basketball player who played for Tartu Kalev, Tartu EASK and Tartu Dünamo.
He also represented the Estonia men's national basketball team internationally. Veskila competed for Estonia in the 1936 Summer Olympics in basketball.
A record he set was being the youngest participant among all basketball players, at the age of 17.
Despite his very young age, he averaged 13 points per game, including 20 against the USA, out of Estonia's total of 28. Veskila made the All-Tournament Team at the EuroBasket 1937 and was the leading scorer at the EuroBasket 1939, with 116 points in seven games.
He earned 17 caps in basketball for the Estonian national team. Veskila died on 22 July 1941 as a prisoner-of-war.