Juozas Žukas

Jonas Juozas Žukas (October 29, 1915 in Chicago, Illinois - July 7, 1981)^[1][2][3] was a Lithuanian basketball and tennis player. He won a gold medal with Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1937.

Juozas Žukas

Juozas Žukas (sixth from the right)
Personal information
Birth name	Joseph J. Zukas
Born	(1915-10-29)October 29, 1915 Chicago, Illinois
Died	July 7, 1981(1981-07-07) (aged 65) Tucson, Arizona
Medal record Men's basketball Representing  Lithuania FIBA EuroBasket 1937 Riga Team competition

Žukas lived in northern Chicago, near Ogden Park, and was known as Joseph "Joe" Zukas.^[4] His first visit to Lithuania was in 1930, where he worked as a sports instructor in the physical culture department in Kaunas.^[5] He would later be part of a delegation of Lithuanian American athletes from Chicago that went to the 1935 World Lithuanian Congress in Kaunas, and stayed there teaching tennis and being a part of the national basketball team.^[6][7] He played basketball for CJSO Kaunas.^[8]

He returned to the United States, and lived in Tucson, Arizona, where he died on July 7, 1981.^[9][10][3]

References

Footnotes

1. "New York, New York Passenger and Crew Lists, 1909, 1925-1957," database with images, FamilySearch (https://familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:24KK-H33  : 2 March 2021), Joseph Zukas, 1937; citing Immigration, New York, New York, United States, NARA microfilm publication T715 (Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, n.d.).
2. "United States Census, 1940," database with images, FamilySearch (https://www.familysearch.org/ark:/61903/1:1:KWYT-LPH  : 8 January 2021), Joseph J Zukas in household of John Zukas, Chicago, Cook, Illinois, United States; citing enumeration district (ED) 103-954, sheet 5A, line 9, family 78, Sixteenth Census of the United States, 1940, NARA digital publication T627. Records of the Bureau of the Census, 1790 - 2007, RG 29. Washington, D.C.: National Archives and Records Administration, 2012, roll 949.
3. "Joseph Zukas in Social Security Death Index". Fold3. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
4. "Chicago Tribune - Historical Newspapers". 30 May 2023.
5. CHICAGO NET STAR FINDS LITHUANIA A WONDERFUL PLACE TO LIVE
6. http://draugas.org/key_dnlh/lh/issues/2012-09-15-LHERITAGE.pdf%5B‍%5D
7. The Motherland, the Godfather, and the Birth of a Basketball Dynasty: American Efforts to Promote Basketball in Lithuania
8. "EČ istorija. Penki Lietuvos žingsniai į krepšinio šlovę (1937 m.)".
9. "Arizona Daily Star from Tucson, Arizona on July 10, 1981 · Page 39". Newspapers.com. 10 July 1981. Retrieved 2021-03-21.
10. "Tucson Daily Citizen from Tucson, Arizona on May 30, 1947 · Page 7". Newspapers.com. 30 May 1947. Retrieved 2021-03-21.

Bibliography

• Vidas Mačiulis, Vytautas Gudelis. Halė, kurioje žaidė Lubinas ir Sabonis. 1939–1989 – Respublikinis sporto kombinatas, Kaunas, 1989