Career
Born in the United States of America as Michael Paul Rutzgis, around 1938 he moved to Kaunas, Lithuania and became CJSO (Lithuanian: Centrinė Jaunalietuvių Sporto Organizacija) basketball team member and player. He was fifth in scoring during the competition. Around 1940 he returned to United States of America. After the Second World War he settled in Monaco where he became a basketball coach.
He coached the Spanish National Team in the 1950 International Basketball Federation World Championship in Argentina, while at the same time coaching one team in the Spanish League, U.D. Huesca.
After that, he became player-coach for Bazan Ferrol.