Leopoldas Kepalas


Leopoldas Alfonsas Kepalas was a Lithuanian basketball player. He won gold medal with the Lithuania men's national basketball team during EuroBasket 1937.

Biography

Kepalas was born in Saint Petersburg, Russian Empire. In 1924, Kepalas with his parents returned to Lithuania. Since 1926 he attended a school in Šiauliai. He played basketball as a part of teams of the Aušra Boys Gymnasium, Kaunas Grandies, Lithuanian Physical Education Union. He became the Lithuanian volleyball and Lithuanian basketball champion.
In 1937, Kepalas represented the Lithuania men's national basketball team during the EuroBasket 1937 in Riga, Latvia. He played in two games and scored two points, while the team won their first European champions title.

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