Leonas Juozapaitis (18 January 1901 – 13 August 1980) was a Lithuanian

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who competed in the

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. Juozapaitis was a

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for LFLS Kaunas when he got called up to represent Lithuania in their first ever international in 1923 against Estonia, the next year he played at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, France, where they lost in the first round against Switzerland 0–9, his next two international matches also ended in defeat. He was also a keen athlete and was the Lithuanian 2 km champion in 1922 and in the same year he played in the first Lithuanian basketball match.

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1901 births 1980 deaths Footballers from Vilnius People from Vilensky Uyezd Lithuanian men's footballers Lithuania men's international footballers Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Olympic footballers for Lithuania Men's association football midfielders {{Lithuania-footy-bio-stub