Aleksei_Uversky

Aleksei Uversky

Aleksei Uversky

Russian footballer

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

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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]

References

  1. [1]
    "Aleksei Uversky". Profile. Retrieved February 13, 2021.Russian language.
  2. [2]
    "Aleksei Uversky". Olympedia. Retrieved May 26, 2021.
  3. [3]
    "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved July 24, 2018.


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