Franz Jelinek | |
Birth Date: | 19 July 1922 |
Birth Place: | Vienna, Austria |
Death Place: | Italy |
Position: | Forward |
Clubs1: | Wiener Sport-Club |
Nationalyears1: | 1940 |
Nationalteam1: | Germany |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Franz Jelinek (19 July 1922 – 20 May 1944) was an Austrian footballer who played as a forward for Wiener Sport-Club and the Germany national team.[1]
Jelinek served as an obergefreiter (corporal) in the German Army during the Second World War. He was killed in action in Italy on 20 May 1944 and was buried in Monte Cassino German war cemetery.[2]