Walter Zakaluzny | |
Fullname: | Wolodymyr Zakaluzny[1] |
Birth Date: | 2 May 1925 |
Birth Place: | Przemyśl, Poland |
Death Place: | Toronto, Canada |
Height: | 1.78m |
Years1: | –1944 |
Clubs1: | Sian Przemyśl |
Years2: | 1946–1947 |
Clubs2: | Ukraina Ulm |
Years3: | 1946–1947 |
Clubs3: | Phönix Karlsruhe[2] |
Caps3: | 5 |
Goals3: | 0 |
Years4: | 1947 |
Clubs4: | Dnister Zuffenhausen |
Years5: | 1948 |
Clubs5: | Sitch Regensburg |
Years6: | 1949–1950 |
Clubs6: | Jahn Regensburg |
Caps6: | 15 |
Goals6: | 5 |
Years7: | 1950–1951 |
Clubs7: | Schwaben Augsburg |
Caps7: | 20 |
Goals7: | 1 |
Years8: | 1951–1955 |
Clubs8: | Toronto Ukrainians |
Years9: | 1955–1956 |
Clubs9: | Rochester Ukrainians |
Years10: | 1956–1957 |
Clubs10: | Toronto Tridents |
Years11: | 1957–1960 |
Clubs11: | Toronto Ukrainians |
Years12: | 1960–1961 |
Clubs12: | Montreal Ukrainians |
Nationalyears1: | 1957 |
Nationalteam1: | Canada |
Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Wolodymyr "Walter" Zakaluzny (May 2, 1925 – September 1, 2013) was a Canadian international soccer player who earned two caps for the national team in 1957.[1]
He made his professional debut for Sian Przemyśl. After World War II, Zakaluzny moved to West Germany where he lived in a displaced persons camp from 1945 to 1950. He played soccer for a number of teams in Germany such as Ukraina Ulm, Phönix Karlsruhe, Dnister Zuffenhausen, Sitch Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg and Schwaben Augsburg.[3]
As a Ukrainian immigrant to Canada,[4] Zakaluzny played for a number of soccer teams in North America, including the Toronto Ukrainians, the Rochester Ukrainians, the Toronto Tridents, and the Montreal Ukrainians.[5] [6]
Zakaluzny died on September 1, 2013, from natural causes.[7]