Richard Hanke Explained

Walter Hanke
Birth Date:18 March 1910
Birth Place:Breslau, German Empire
Position:Forward
Years1:(...)–1931
Clubs1:Breslau 06
Years2:1931
Clubs2:Wiener AC
Years3:1932–1934
Clubs3:DSV Saaz
Years4:1934–35
Clubs4:SK Prostějov
Years6:1935–1937
Clubs6:FC Metz
Caps6:49
Goals6:15
Years7:1937–1939
Clubs7:Stade Rennes
Caps7:52
Goals7:15
Nationalyears1:1930
Nationalteam1:Germany
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:1

Richard (real name: Walter) Hanke (18 March 1910 – 2 September 1980) was a German international footballer.[1] He left Germany and went professional in 1931 which was most unusual at the time, spending eight seasons in Austria, Czechoslovakia and France.

Soon after joining Wiener AC he was in the team that finished runners-up in the 1931 Mitropa Cup. He scored in both finals but asked for a transfer only a few weeks later.[2] Hanke subsequently joined DSV Saaz during that same season. In later years, he was with SK Prostějov for a while[3] and then, during the second half of the 1930s, found success in France.

Hanke has signed autograph pictures as Walter Hanke. For unknown reasons, he was mistakenly referred to as Richard in later years.[4]

Some sources[5] have confused Walter and Josef Hanke, an Austrian player who was with a couple of (different) French clubs at the same time.

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Notes and References

  1. Book: Kicker Fußball-Almanach 2011: Mit aktuellem Bundesliga-Spieler-ABC. 24 October 2012. August 2010. Stiebner Verlag GmbH. 978-3-7679-0914-4. 115–.
  2. Prager Tageblatt, Dec 23, 1931, p. 5
  3. Wiener Sport-Tagblatt, June 5, 1935, p. 4
  4. Lorenz Knieriem & Hardy Grüne: Spielerlexikon 1890-1963, Kassel, p. 130
  5. e.g. Marc Barreaud: Dictionnaire des footballeurs étrangers du Championat Professionell Francais (1932-1997), Paris 1998, p. 22 and p. 26... and David Forster et alii: Die Legionäre. Österreichische Fußballer in aller Welt, Vienna 2013, p. 268