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