Background
Auziņš was born in the provincial city of Jelgava, but he made his first serious steps in football in Riga where he joined the Latvia Higher League side Amatieris in 1927.
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Auziņš was born in the provincial city of Jelgava, but he made his first serious steps in football in Riga where he joined the Latvia Higher League side Amatieris in 1927.
He played with Amatieris until 1930, but in 1931 he joined Riga Vanderers, a much stronger club than Amatieris who"s days of glory were already in the past In the early 1930s Auziņš became a candidate for Latvia national football team, but he didn"t play for it until 1935. With the Latvia national team Auziņš played seven matches in 1935.
Auziņš played with Riga Vanderers until 1939, then retired from active football only to return to it during World World War World War II In 1941 during the German occupation of Latvia he played with the Students football club, and from 1942 to 1944 – with United States Riga.
In ice hockey Auziņš played all of his career with the hockey team of United States Riga winning three Latvian league titles – in 1937, 1940 and 1942. He played with Latvia national ice hockey team at the 1936 Winter Olympics.
Auziņš was the director of the Lokomotīve football stadium in Riga for more than three decades – from 1947 to 1980 but in addition to it he also worked as a football and ice hockey coach. In football he worked with the senior squad of Lokomotive Riga (from 1956 to 1959) and with its youth squad.
The most notable football players whom he coached include Vilnis Straume and Leonards Andžāns.