Ginter Gawlik Explained

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.

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ginter Gawlik . worldfootball.net . 3 October 2021.