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{{Short description|Latvian footballer and ice hockey player}}
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'''Harijs Mellups''' (1927–1950) was a [[Latvia]]n [[association football|football]] and [[ice hockey]] player. Mellups died in a plane crash at age of 23.
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| birth_place = [[Sarkandaugava]], [[Riga]], Latvia
| death_date = 5 January 1950 (aged 23)
| death_place = [[Koltsovo International Airport|Koltsovo Airport]], [[Yekaterinburg|Sverdlovsk]], USSR
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|clubs2 = Universitates sporta
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|years4 = 1946-1949
|clubs4 = [[FK Dinamo Rīga]]
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'''Harijs Mellups''' (1927, [[Sarkandaugava]] - 5 January 1950, [[Yekaterinburg|Sverdlovsk]]) was a [[Latvia]]n [[association football|footballer]], boxer, basketball player, and [[ice hockey]] player.<ref name=encyclopedia/><ref name=lff.lv/><ref name=stats>{{Ice hockey stats}}</ref> He died in the [[1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash]] at age 23.<ref name=hokejavesture/>


==Biography==
==Biography==
Mellups came from [[Sarkandaugava]] in [[Riga]] where he played football in the streets and in the winter - ice hockey on a frozen river. His first football club was Aldaris for which Mellups played as a left side forward. In addition to football Mellups played [[basketball]], was an ice hockey goalkeeper and also competed in [[boxing]]. In boxing aged 18 Mellups was nominated for the Latvia national team. In 1945 he was the champion of [[Riga]] in his weight division.
A native of [[Sarkandaugava]] in [[Riga]], Mellups grew up playing football in the streets and ice hockey on a frozen river in the winter.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}} He played basketball in high school and attended Riga State Technical School; he also studied chemistry at Riga Industrial Polytechnic.<ref name=encyclopedia/>


During the [[German occupation of Latvia during World War II|USSR's occupation of Latvia]], Mellups played football with Aldaris (1940-1941) and Universitates sporta (1941-1946). After the war, he joined [[FK Dinamo Rīga]] (1946-1949) and played on [[Latvian Soviet Socialist Republic|Soviet Latvia]]'s youth football team (1946-1948).<ref name=encyclopedia>{{cite web|url=https://enciklopedija.lv/skirklis/138031-Harijs-Mellups|title=Harijs Mellups|publisher=[[Nacionālā enciklopēdija]]|access-date=2023-12-21|language=lv}}</ref> Mellups scored 20 goals for Dinamo in both 1946 and 1948 and 16 in 1947, and was part of the 1945 championship team.<ref name=encyclopedia/><ref name=lff.lv>{{cite web|url=https://lff.lv/lff/vesture/|title=Vēsture|trans-title=History|publisher=[[Latvian Football Federation]]|access-date=2023-12-21|language=lv}}</ref><ref name=stats/>
However by 1945 Mellups had decided to pursue his career in two sports - ice hockey and football.


Mellups competed in youth boxing for Universitates sporta and was champion in [[bantamweight]] (1944) and [[lightweight]] (1945, 1947). He was also nominated for the national team. After the war, he boxed for Dinamo Riga's boxing team and played for their basketball team.<ref name=encyclopedia/>
In 1945 with [[FK Dinamo Rīga]] Mellups won the Latvian championship in football. Mellups had a very good goal sense and was highly skilled in playing one-on-one. In 1946 with [[Dinamo Rīga]] he also won the Latvian championship in ice hockey, as a goalkeeper with Dinamo he allowed just 3 goals in the entire season.


Mellups began playing ice hockey in the 1943-1944 season as the goaltender. His first game was a 1944 friendly with the Universitates sporta first team. After the war, he played with [[Dinamo Riga (original)|Dinamo Riga]]<ref name=encyclopedia/> and with Soviet Latvia's hockey team.<ref name=encyclopedia/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://lhf.lv/lv/article/327/latvijas-hokejam-85|title=LATVIJAS HOKEJAM 85!|trans-title=85 FOR LATVIAN HOCKEY!|date=2016-02-22|publisher=[[Latvian Ice Hockey Federation]]|access-date=2023-12-21|language=lv}}</ref> He reportedly only allowed three goals during the 1946-1947 season.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}} After disagreements with the owners of Dinamo, he joined [[VVS Moscow]], the [[Soviet Air Force]]'s ice hockey team along with teammate Roberts Šūlmanis.<ref name=encyclopedia/><ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.sporto.lv/sporta-veidi/ziemas-sports/mazi-bet-nipri/|title=Mazi, bet ņipri|trans-title=Small, but lively|date=February 2021|publisher=Sporto.lv|access-date=2023-12-21}}</ref> He also played football in Moscow at the highest level.{{citation needed|date=December 2023}}
In 1949 he transferred to [[Moscow]] where he also played both football and hockey on the highest level. Every year from 1947 Mellups was selected in the symbolic selection of best players of the Soviet ice hockey league. Mellups died in [[1950 Sverdlovsk air disaster|a tragic airplane crash]] together with [[Roberts Šūlmanis]] and several other ice hockey players.

Mellups, Šūlmanis, and nine other VVS Moscow players died in a [[1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash|plane crash]] on 5 January 1950.<ref name=hokejavesture>{{cite web|url=https://hokejavesture.lv/1949-1950-gada-sezona/|title=Neatkāpjamies|trans-title=Let's not back down|publisher=Latvijas hokeja vēsture|access-date=2023-12-21|language=lv}}</ref>
[[Vsevolod Bobrov]] later recognized Mellups as among the most technically skilled goalkeepers in the USSR.<ref name=encyclopedia/>

==References==
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Latest revision as of 13:41, 21 December 2023

Harijs Mellups
Born1927 (1927)
Sarkandaugava, Riga, Latvia
Died5 January 1950 (aged 23)
Koltsovo Airport, Sverdlovsk, USSR
Cause of deathPlane crash
Association football career
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1940-1941 Aldaris
1941-1946 Universitates sporta
1946-1948 Soviet Latvia youth football
1946-1949 FK Dinamo Rīga (56)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals
Ice hockey career
Position Goaltender
Played for Universitates sporta (1944-?)
Soviet Latvia (1946-1949)
Dinamo Riga (1946-1949)
VVS Moscow (1949-1950)

Harijs Mellups (1927, Sarkandaugava - 5 January 1950, Sverdlovsk) was a Latvian footballer, boxer, basketball player, and ice hockey player.[1][2][3] He died in the 1950 Sverdlovsk plane crash at age 23.[4]

Biography

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A native of Sarkandaugava in Riga, Mellups grew up playing football in the streets and ice hockey on a frozen river in the winter.[citation needed] He played basketball in high school and attended Riga State Technical School; he also studied chemistry at Riga Industrial Polytechnic.[1]

During the USSR's occupation of Latvia, Mellups played football with Aldaris (1940-1941) and Universitates sporta (1941-1946). After the war, he joined FK Dinamo Rīga (1946-1949) and played on Soviet Latvia's youth football team (1946-1948).[1] Mellups scored 20 goals for Dinamo in both 1946 and 1948 and 16 in 1947, and was part of the 1945 championship team.[1][2][3]

Mellups competed in youth boxing for Universitates sporta and was champion in bantamweight (1944) and lightweight (1945, 1947). He was also nominated for the national team. After the war, he boxed for Dinamo Riga's boxing team and played for their basketball team.[1]

Mellups began playing ice hockey in the 1943-1944 season as the goaltender. His first game was a 1944 friendly with the Universitates sporta first team. After the war, he played with Dinamo Riga[1] and with Soviet Latvia's hockey team.[1][5] He reportedly only allowed three goals during the 1946-1947 season.[citation needed] After disagreements with the owners of Dinamo, he joined VVS Moscow, the Soviet Air Force's ice hockey team along with teammate Roberts Šūlmanis.[1][6] He also played football in Moscow at the highest level.[citation needed]

Mellups, Šūlmanis, and nine other VVS Moscow players died in a plane crash on 5 January 1950.[4] Vsevolod Bobrov later recognized Mellups as among the most technically skilled goalkeepers in the USSR.[1]

References

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  1. ^ a b c d e f g h i "Harijs Mellups" (in Latvian). Nacionālā enciklopēdija. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  2. ^ a b "Vēsture" [History] (in Latvian). Latvian Football Federation. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  3. ^ a b Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
  4. ^ a b "Neatkāpjamies" [Let's not back down] (in Latvian). Latvijas hokeja vēsture. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  5. ^ "LATVIJAS HOKEJAM 85!" [85 FOR LATVIAN HOCKEY!] (in Latvian). Latvian Ice Hockey Federation. 2016-02-22. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
  6. ^ "Mazi, bet ņipri" [Small, but lively]. Sporto.lv. February 2021. Retrieved 2023-12-21.
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