Aleksei Uversky Explained

Aleksei Uversky
Fullname:Aleksei Ivanovich Uversky
Birth Date:12 February 1886 (NS)[1]
Birth Place:Saint Petersburg, Russia
Death Date:1942 (age 55-56)
Death Place:Leningrad, USSR
Position:Midfielder
Years1:1906
Years2:1907–1913
Clubs2:Sport Saint Petersburg
Nationalyears1:1912
Nationalteam1:Russia
Nationalcaps1:2
Nationalgoals1:0

Aleksei Ivanovich Uversky (Russian: Алексей Иванович Уверский) (12 February 1886(NS)1942) was an association football player.[2]

He was born in St Petersburg, illegitimate son of a peasant woman, Euphrosyne Petrovna Lyarskaya and adopted in 1889 by merchant Ivan Osipovich Uversky whose patronymic he took.[1]

Uversky made his debut for Russia on July 1, 1912, in a 1912 Olympics game against Germany.[3]

He was also a keen boxer.[1]

He died during World War II as a civilian during the Siege of Leningrad,[3] reportedly in hospital from wounds received serving on the frontline.[1]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aleksei Uversky. 13 February 2021. Profile. Russian language.
  2. Web site: Aleksei Uversky . Olympedia . 26 May 2021.
  3. Web site: Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . dead . 17 April 2020 . 24 July 2018 . Sports Reference.