Ginter Gawlik

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Ginter Gawlik
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Date of birth Dec. 5, 1930
Place of birth    Borsigwerk, Germany
Date of death    August 22, 2005
Place of death    Würzburg, Germany
Height 180 cm
Playing position Defender / Midfielder
Senior clubs1
Years Club App (Gls)*
1942-1944
1945-1950
1950-1964
1964-1967
Reichsbahn SV Borsigwerk
Górnik Biskupice
Górnik Zabrze
Polonia Sydney


136 (21)
   
National team
1957-1958 Poland 7 (1)

1 Senior club appearances and goals
counted for the domestic league only.
* Appearances (Goals)


Ginter Gawlik (born Dec. 5, 1930 in Borsigwerk, a district of Zabrze, died August 22, 2005 in Würzburg, Germany) was a Polish soccer player, defender and midfielder. He spent most of career playing for Polish team Górnik Zabrze.

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 Polish National Team scoring one goal in 7 games. His debut took place on June 23, 1957 in Chorzow, when Poland beat Soviet Union 2-1.

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