Ginter Gawlik

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Ginter Gawlik

Personal information

Date of birth December 5, 1930

Place of birth Borsigwerk, Germany

Date of death August 22, 2005 (aged 74)

Place of death Würzburg, Germany

Height 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)

Playing position(s) Defender / Midfielder

Senior career*

Years Team Apps (Gls)

1942–1944 Reichsbahn SV Borsigwerk

1945–1950 Górnik Biskupice

1950–1964 Górnik Zabrze 136 (21)

1964–1967 Polonia Sydney

National team

1957–1958 Poland 7 (1)

* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league
only

Ginter Gawlik (born December 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 Chorzów, when Poland beat Soviet Union 2-1.