Pranas Talzūnas, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Pranas Talzūnas

American basketball player

Date of Birth: 23-May-1913

Place of Birth: Chicago, Illinois, United States

Profession: basketball player

Nationality: United States, Lithuania

Zodiac Sign: Gemini


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About Pranas Talzūnas

  • Pranas Talzunas (born as Frank Konstant Talzunas in Chicago, May 23, 1913 – ?) was a Lithuanian American basketball player.
  • He won a gold medal with the Lithuania national basketball team during the EuroBasket 1937, held in Riga.
  • Pranas was named MVP of EuroBasket 1937 and is regarded as the first player to use the hook shot.
  • Talzunas attitude toward the game, the matches and the representing of the nation seriousness are perfectly described by his words after the successful competition ending: "I confess that going to Riga I had no clue what to thought: whenever we will win or not.
  • I didn't knew how our upcoming opponents plays.
  • <...> We won deservedly, however <...> it wasn't easy.
  • <...> The concern of the upcoming battles for me and for Feliksas Kriauciunas didn't let us to sleep for any single night.
  • <...> We were considering the victories possibilities for hours and still doubted it.
  • Now everything is over.
  • For me the heaviest stone just fall from the chest".

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