Voldemar Rõks

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| name = Voldemar Rõks

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1900|07|15|df=y}}

| birth_place = Särevere, Governorate of Estonia, Russian Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1941|12|27|1900|07|15|df=y}}

| death_place = Solikamsk, Perm Oblast, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union

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| position = Midfielder

| years1 = 1923–1924

| clubs1 = JK Tallinna Kalev

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| nationalyears1 = 1923–1924

| nationalteam1 = Estonia

| nationalcaps1 = 2

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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Voldemar Rõks (15 July 1900 – 27 December 1941{{cite web|author=Benjamin Strack-Zimmermann |url=http://www.national-football-teams.com/player/47020/Voldemar_Roks.html |title=Voldemar Rõks |publisher=National Football Teams |accessdate=2017-05-11}}) was an Estonian footballer.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/701071 |title=Voldemar Rõks |work=Olympedia |access-date=24 August 2021}} He studied economics at the University of Tartu between 1921 and 1924, but never graduated. Rõks worked as a procurator for Bank of Estonia.{{Cite web |title=RÕKS, VOLDEMAR |url=http://www.esbl.ee/biograafia/Voldemar_R%C3%B5ks |website=Esbl.ee |accessdate=2017-05-11}}

Career

Rõks earned 2 caps for the Estonian national team in 1924. He spent his brief career playing for JK Tallinna Kalev and participated at the 1924 Summer Olympics.{{Cite web |title=Rõks, Voldemar – Eesti Entsüklopeedia |url=http://entsyklopeedia.ee/artikkel/r%C3%B5ks_voldemar |access-date=2024-12-09 |website=entsyklopeedia.ee}}

He became an Estonian champion in 1923 with JK Tallinna Kalev. He was arrested by the Soviet authorities and was deported to a labor camp in Perm Oblast. He died there due to an illness and hunger.