August Lass

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| name = August Lass

| image = JK Kalev Tallinn in 1920s.jpg

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| fullname =

| birth_date = {{birth date|1903|8|16|df=y}}

| birth_place = Tallinn, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1962|11|27|1903|8|16|df=y}}

| death_place = Tallinn, Estonian SSR,
Soviet Union

| height =

| position = Goalkeeper

| years1 = 1921–1925

| clubs1 = JK Tallinna Kalev

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| goals1 =

| years2 = 1925–1928

| clubs2 = Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi

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| goals2 =

| nationalyears1 = 1921–1928

| nationalteam1 = Estonia

| nationalcaps1 = 21

| nationalgoals1 = 0

}}

August Lass (16 August 1903 – 27 November 1962{{Cite web |url=http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=11844 |title=August Lass, international footballer}}) was an Estonian footballer.{{cite web |url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/24971 |title=August Lass |work=Olympedia |access-date=24 August 2021}}

Career

Lass earned 21 caps for the Estonian national team between 1921 and 1928. He played for JK Tallinna Kalev and Tallinna Jalgpalliklubi and participated at the 1924 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |date=2020-04-18 |title=August Lass Bio, Stats, and Results {{!}} Olympics at Sports-Reference.com |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/august-lass-1.html |access-date=2024-11-28 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418051046/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/la/august-lass-1.html |archive-date=18 April 2020 }}

He became Estonian champion in 1923 with JK Tallinna Kalev, in 1926 and 1928 with Tallinna JK. He was arrested by the Soviet authorities in April 1941 and was deported to Siberia, he returned home in 1947, but in 1949-1955 he was deported again for unknown reasons.{{Cite web |title=ESBL |url=https://www.esbl.ee/biograafia/August_Lass |access-date=2024-11-28 |website=esbl.ee}}