Aleksei Uversky
# Aleksei Uversky

Aleksei Ivanovich Uversky (Russian: Алексей Иванович Уверский) (12 February 1886(NS) – 1942) was an association football player.

He was born in St Petersburg, illegitimate son of a peasant woman, Euphrosyne Petrovna Lyarskaya and adopted in 1889 by merchant Ivan Osipovich Uversky whose patronymic he took.

Uversky made his debut for Russia on July 1, 1912, in a 1912 Olympics game against Germany.

He was also a keen boxer.

He died during World War II as a civilian during the Siege of Leningrad, reportedly in hospital from wounds received serving on the frontline.

