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Adolf Urban (9 January 1914 – 23 May 1943) was a German footballer. Urban, a forward, played for Schalke 04, among others, and made 21 appearances for Germany between 1935 and 1941, scoring 11 goals. He was also part of Germany's squad at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]

Adolf Urban

Personal information
Date of birth	9 January 1914
Place of birth	Gelsenkirchen, Kingdom of Prussia, German Empire
Date of death	23 May 1943(1943-05-23) (aged 29)
Place of death	Staraya Russa, RSFSR, Soviet Union
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Schalke 04
National team
1935–1941	Germany	21	(11)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Urban was the son of Polish immigrants (see Ruhrpolen), who came to the Ruhr area from Olsztyn, which was located within the Prussian Partition of Poland since the First Partition of Poland.[2]

In the Second World War Urban was mobilised with the Wehrmacht in which he served in the 422nd Infantry Regiment on the Eastern Front in Russia, fighting at the battle of Demyansk.[2] He later died in 1943 in Staraya Russa, from wounds received in further fighting.[3] He was the only member of the Breslau Eleven to die in combat.

His body was buried in the Karpovo Military Cemetery but was later repatriated and reburied in November 2013 in Schalke cemetery in Gelsenkirchen.[2]

References

External links

• Adolf Urban at National-Football-Teams.com

На других языках

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- [en] Adolf Urban

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[fr] Adolf Urban

Adolf Urban, né le 9 janvier 1914 à Gelsenkirchen et mort le 23 mai 1943 à Staraya Russa, est un joueur de football allemand.

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[it] Adolf Urban

Adolf Urban (Gelsenkirchen, 9 gennaio 1914 – Staraja Russa, 27 maggio 1943) è stato un calciatore tedesco, di ruolo attaccante.

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[ru] Урбан, Адольф (футболист)

Адо́льф У́рбан (нем. Adolf Urban; 9 января 1914, Гельзенкирхен, Германия — 27 мая, 1943, Алёксино, РСФСР) — немецкий футболист, выступавший на позиции нападающего.

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