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Kārlis Paegle
Kārlis Paegle (4 October 1911 – 23 December 1997) was a Latvian ice hockey player. He played for Rīgas RFK, HK ASK Rīga, Dinamo Riga, and Rīgas Sporta klubs during his career. Paegle also played for the Latvia national team at the 1936 Winter Olympics and three World Championships. He also played football Football is a family of team sports that involve, to varying degrees, kicking a ball to score a goal. Unqualified, the word ''football'' normally means the form of football that is the most popular where the word is used. Sports commonly c ..., and made one appearance for the Latvia national team. References External links * 1911 births 1997 deaths Ice hockey players at the 1936 Winter Olympics Latvian ice hockey defencemen Olympic ice hockey players of Latvia Footballers from Riga People from the Governorate of Livonia Latvian footballers Latvia international footballers Association footballers not categorized by position Ice hockey people f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rīgas RFK
Riga District ( lv, Rīgas rajons) was an administrative division of Latvia, located in Semigallia and Vidzeme regions, in the centre of the country. The district had the two cities of Riga and Jūrmala with the Gulf of Riga to the north. Beginning from the west and counterclockwise to the east, Riga District had Tukums, Jelgava, Bauska, Ogre, Cēsis and Limbaži former districts as neighbours. The area of the district was 3,058 km² with a population of 159,247. Riga District was one of the largest regions of Latvia, it was strategically important and also had some of the most developed infrastructure in Latvia. It was a cross-point of 10 major motorways and a junction of 6 important railroad lines. Districts were eliminated during the administrative-territorial reform in 2009. Nature The larger part of the former region lies in the sand-soil plains of Riga that are covered by pinewoods, low links, marshlands and level countryside that is typical for littoral lowland ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |