Valdis Pultraks (Paperback)

High Quality Content by WIKIPEDIA articles! Valdis Pultraks (1922-1972) was a Latvian football goalkeeper, one of the most known Latvian footballers of the early post-World War II era. At the age of just 14 Pultraks already played for FK Ausma from Auce in the Latvian Cup quarterfinals. Until mid 1940s in addition to football Pultraks actively participated in athletics events - even in 1947 when he already played for FK Dinamo R ga he won the bronze medal at the Latvian athletics championship in 100 meter run. His first professional football team was Daugava Liep ja in 1946 from which he moved to Dinamo R ga and when Dinamo was merged with Daugava R ga - Pultraks became goalkeeper with the best football club in Latvia. In the Soviet elite league Pultraks had a strong competition for the number one goalkeeper position in Daugava, but he succeeded at that, however when in 1952 Daugava was relegated from the top league, Pultraks left the club.