Leonid Saar (15 February 1913, in

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– 26 January 2010, in Bogart, Georgia) was an Estonian

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player, ice hockey player, and footballer. He competed in the

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on the

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. Saar studied at the

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's Faculty of Law between 1934 and 1943. Saar initially played football for Tallinna SK Siirius and in 1938 and 1942, was part of the team that were the winners of the

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. He later trained and played ice hockey under the supervision of Heinrich Paal. Saar was a member of the

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eight times, and both the Estonia men's national basketball team and

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twice. Following the

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in 1944, Saar fled to

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, then to Canada in 1951. He later settled in the United States.

References

1913 births 2010 deaths Estonian men's basketball players Olympic basketball players for Estonia Basketball players at the 1936 Summer Olympics Estonian men's footballers Estonian ice hockey players University of Tartu alumni Estonian World War II refugees Estonian emigrants to the United States People from Mulgi Parish Sportspeople from Viljandi County Men's association football players not categorized by position {{Estonia-basketball-bio-stub