Roberts Bluķis Explained

Played For:Rīgas US
HK ASK Rīga
Dinamo Riga
Birth Date:4 April 1913
Birth Place:Riga, Governorate of Livonia, Russian Empire
Death Place:San Mateo, California, United States
Ntl Team:Latvia
Position:Forward
Career Start:1931
Career End:1950

Roberts Bluķis (4 April 1913 – 14 April 1998) was a Latvian ice hockey and basketball player. Throughout his career, he played ice hockey for Rīgas US, HK ASK Rīga, and Dinamo Riga. Bluķis also played hockey for the Latvian national team at the 1936 Winter Olympics and in four World Championships. He finished his career after World War II with three seasons at Augsburger HC.

In basketball he was a three-time Latvian champion and played for the Latvian national team at the 1935 and 1937 International University Games.

He studied at the Riga Technical University, earning a degree in engineering, and moved to Germany and then the United States after the Second World War.[1] There he worked in civil service with the US Army Corps of Engineers.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Roberts Bluķis. Latvian. Olimpiade.lv. 19 January 2019. 4 March 2016. https://web.archive.org/web/20160304205317/http://olimpiade.lv/lv/latvijas-olimpiesi/roberts-blukis-130. dead.