Artūras Andrulis (Americanized his name as Adolfas Andrulis; April 10, 1922 – July 3, 1981Florida, Death Index, 1877-1998, FamilySearch.) was a soldier and Lithuanian basketball player. He won two gold medals with the Lithuania national basketball team during EuroBasket 1937 and EuroBasket 1939.
Biography Andrulis studied at Aušra Gymasnium and started playing basketball when he was 17 years old. He studied at Kaunas War School and played in their team. He was notable for fast defense. Later he was invited to Lithuania men's national basketball team and played as a shooting guard. He won EuroBasket 1937 and EuroBasket 1939.
At the end of World War II in 1944 he moved to Germany and played for the Kempton Šarūnas, a Lithuanian emigrants' team. In 1950, he moved to the United States and played for a Lithuanian athletes' club.
State awards : Medal of the Order of Vytautas the Great (1937)
References Footnotes
Bibliography Jungtinių Amerikos Valstijų lietuviai. (I t.) – Mokslo ir enciklopedijų leidybos centras, Vilnius, 1998 Vidas Mačiulis, Vytautas Gudelis. Halė, kurioje žaidė Lubinas ir Sabonis. 1939–1989 – Respublikinis sporto kombinatas, Kaunas, 1989