Ginter Gawlik Explained

Ginter Gawlik
Birth Date:5 December 1930
Birth Place:Borsigwerk, Germany
Death Place:Würzburg, Germany
Height:1.80 m
Position:Defender, midfielder
Years1:1942–1944
Years2:1945–1950
Years3:1950–1964
Years4:1964–1965
Years5:1966–1967
Clubs1:Reichsbahn SV Borsigwerk
Clubs2:Górnik Biskupice
Clubs4:Polonia Sydney
Clubs5:Polonia Sydney
Caps3:136
Goals3:21
Nationalyears1:1957–1958
Nationalteam1:Poland
Nationalcaps1:7
Nationalgoals1:1
Manageryears1:1966–1967
Managerclubs1:Polonia Sydney (player-manager)

Ginter Gawlik (5 December 1930 – 22 August 2005) was a Polish footballer. He spent most of career playing for Polish team Górnik Zabrze.[1]

Gawlik, who was not raised in Poland (until 1945, Zabrze, then called Hindenburg, belonged to Germany), started his career in the mid-1940s for the German team Reichsbahn SV Borsigwerk. After 1945, he played for Górnik Biskupice and in 1950 he moved to Górnik Zabrze, a powerhouse of Polish football. While playing for Górnik, the team won 5 Polish football championships in the late 1950s and early 1960s. Also, he played for the Poland national team, scoring one goal in 7 games. His debut took place on 23 June 1957 in Chorzów, when Poland beat the Soviet Union 2–1.

Honours

Górnik Zabrze

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ginter Gawlik . worldfootball.net . 3 October 2021.
  2. Web site: Azyan . Andrzej . Zmarł były pomocnik Górnika Zabrze Ginter Gawlik . zabrze.naszemiasto.pl . 26 October 2024 . pl . 2 September 2005.