Pavel Mahrer Explained

Pavel Mahrer
Birth Date:23 May 1900
Birth Place:Teplice, Bohemia
Death Place:United States
Position:Wing half
Clubs1:Teplitzer FK
Years2:1923–1926
Clubs2:DFC Prag
Years3:1926–1927
Clubs3:Brooklyn Wanderers
Caps3:17
Goals3:0
Years4:1928–1931
Clubs4:Hakoah All Stars
Caps4:127
Goals4:4
Years5:1932–1933
Clubs5:Teplitzer FK
Years6:1933–1936
Clubs6:DFC Prag
Nationalyears1:1923–1926
Nationalteam1:Czechoslovakia
Nationalcaps1:6
Nationalgoals1:0

Pavel Mahrer (or Paul Mahrer, 23 May 1900 – 18 December 1985) was a Czech football midfielder of German-Jewish ethnicity who played at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1] Bank clerk and merchant by occupation, Mahrer played professionally in Czechoslovakia and the United States.[2]

Club career

Mahrer began his career with Teplitzer FK. In 1923, he joined DFC Prag before moving to the United States in 1926 to sign with the Brooklyn Wanderers of the American Soccer League. He returned to Czechoslovakia after the season, but was back in the United States in December 1928. At that time, he joined the Hakoah All Stars in the Eastern Professional Soccer League.[3] In 1929, Hakoah moved to the American Soccer League, where Mahrer played until the fall of 1931. In 1932, he returned to Czechoslovakia to sign with Teplitzer FK. In 1933, he moved to DFC Prag, where he finished his career in 1936. After the German occupation of the Sudetenland, he was imprisoned at the Theresienstadt concentration camp on account of his Jewish ethnicity. He survived World War II and died in 1985 in the United States.

International

Mahrer earned six caps with the Czechoslovakia national football team between 1923 and 1926. In 1924, he played two games for the Czechoslovak Olympic football team at the 1924 Summer Olympics.[4]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Book: Král, Lubomír . Historie německé kopané v Čechách . MJF Praha . 2006 . Prague . 80-86284-59-X . 138.
  2. Book: Král, Lubomír . Historie židovské kopané v Československu . MJF Praha . 2019 . Prague . 978-80-88227-03-8 . 209–213.
  3. http://bethlehemsteelsoccer.org/gl122028.html CAMPBELL TO JOIN BETHLEHEM BOOTERS
  4. Web site: Pavel Mahrer . Olympedia . 23 August 2021.