Ginter Gawlik | |
Birth Date: | 5 December 1930 |
Birth Place: | Borsigwerk, Germany |
Death Place: | Würzburg, Germany |
Height: | 180 cm |
Position: | Defender / Midfielder |
Years1: | 1942–1944 |
Years2: | 1945–1950 |
Years3: | 1950–1964 |
Years4: | 1964–1967 |
Clubs1: | Reichsbahn SV Borsigwerk |
Clubs2: | Górnik Biskupice |
Clubs4: | Polonia Sydney |
Caps3: | 136 |
Goals3: | 21 |
Nationalyears1: | 1957–1958 |
Nationalteam1: | Poland |
Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Ginter Gawlik (5December 193022August 2005) was a Polish soccer player, defender and midfielder. 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 soccer. While playing for Zabrze the team won 5 Polish football championships (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 Soviet Union 2-1.