- 6 December 1981 in New Jersey

New Jersey

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) was a Latvia

Latvia

Latvia , officially the Republic of Latvia , is a country in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is bordered to the north by Estonia , to the south by Lithuania , to the east by the Russian Federation , to the southeast by Belarus and shares maritime borders to the west with Sweden...

n football

Football (soccer)

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 defender the most capped footballer from Liepāja for the Latvia national football team

Latvia national football team

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 before World War II

World War II

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 next to Rūdolfs Kronlaks and Harijs Lazdiņš

Harijs Lazdinš

Harijs Lazdiņš was a Latvian football goalkeeper who played for Olimpija Liepāja and Latvia national football team in 1920s-1930s.-Biography:...

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Biography

Since his mid-teens Laumanis played with the youth squad of Olimpija Liepāja

Olimpija Liepaja

Olimpija Liepāja was Latvian football club that in the 1920-1930s was one of the strongest in Latvia and with which played many Latvia national football team footballers. It was from the city of Liepāja.-History:...

 and in 1927 he first played for the senior team in a year when Olimpija won its first Latvian Higher League title, pushing out of the squad the club veteran Harijs Pikols

Harijs Pikols

Harijs Pikols was a Latvian footballer, one of the founders of the Olimpija Liepāja football club.-Biography:In 1921 Pikols was among a group of young Liepāja men who founded one of the best pre-war Latvian football clubs - Olimpija Liepāja. Pikols was a central defender who was known for his very...

. Laumanis played his first match in Latvian Higher League on 22 May 1927 as Olimpija beat Amatieris with 5-2 goals. However it took Laumanis some more time to establish himself as a regular first squad player for Olimpija - in 1927 and 1928 he only occasionally was selected to play for the first team, really securing his position in 1929 when Olimpija won its third title. In the 1930s Olimpija rarely played without Laumanis in the squad, in several seasons he played in all league matches for the side. Therefore it was quite a serious loss for the club when Laumanis was disqualified for a couple of months in the autumn of 1939 in form of a disciplinary measure, however after his return on field Laumanis once again became irreplaceable for Olimpija. Laumanis played with Olimpija until it was disbanded in 1940. Playing with Olimpija Laumanis won seven Latvian league titles and became a three time winner of the Riga Football Cup

Riga Football Cup

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Laumanis played 18 international matches for Latvia between 1930 and 1939.

The last side that Fricis Laumanis played with in Latvia was Dinamo Liepāja in 1941, he didn't play for Olimpija when it was during the German occupation of Latvia during World War II

World War II

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. After the war Laumanis ended up in Germany

Germany

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 which he left in 1949 for USA.

In America Laumanis continued playing football with amateur clubs winning the Pennsylvania

Pennsylvania

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 state amateur football league title in 1952 playing with Philadelphia Latvian immigrants sports club, he also played with the United German Hungarian Club.