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Friedrich Scherfke
Full name	Friedrich Scherfke
Date of birth	September 7, 1909(1909-09-07)
Place of birth	Posen (Poznań),, German Empire
Date of death	September 15, 1983 (aged 74)
Place of death	Berlin, Germany
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Friedrich Egon (Fritz) Scherfke, (Polish: Fryderyk Egon "Fryc" Scherfke or Szerfke, born on September 7, 1909 in Posen (Poznań), German Empire - died on September 15, 1983 in Berlin, Germany) was an ethnic German who became an interwar soccer midfield player for the Polish national football team. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from 1871 to 1918 when it was a semi- Constitutional monarchy: beginning with the Unification Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. Polish ( język polski, polszczyzna) is the Official language of Poland. Events 1251 BC - A Solar eclipse on this date might mark the birth of legendary Heracles at Thebes Greece. Year 1909 ( MCMIX) was a Common year starting on Friday (link will display full calendar of the Gregorian calendar (or a Common year starting The German Empire is the name commonly used in English to describe Germany from 1871 to 1918 when it was a semi- Constitutional monarchy: beginning with the Unification Events 668 - Eastern Roman Emperor Constans II is assassinated in his bath at Syracuse Italy. Year 1983 ( MCMLXXXIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link displays the 1983 Gregorian calendar) Berlin is the capital city and one of sixteen states of Germany. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered The Poland national football team (Reprezentacja Polski w piłce nożnej is the national football team of Poland, under the auspices of the Polish

Scherfke's native city in the Provinz Posen saw a Polish uprising in late 1918, and by the Treaty of Versailles became officially part of the Second Polish Republic in 1920 when he was 10. The Province of Posen (Provinz Posen Prowincja Poznańska was a province of Prussia from 1848-1918 and as such part of the German Empire from 1871 to 1918 the whole The Greater Poland Uprising of 1918&ndash1919, or Wielkopolska Uprising of 1918&ndash1919 ( Polish: powstanie wielkopolskie 1918&ndash19 roku; The Treaty of Versailles was one of the peace treaties at the end of World War I. The Second Polish Republic or interwar Poland is the Republic of Poland between World War I and World War II. He spent most of his career in Warta Poznań, which was one of the best teams of the Polish Soccer League in the 1920s and 1930s, winning the league in 1929 and finishing second in 1938. Warta Poznań, pron ˈvarta ˈpɔznaɲ is a Football (soccer club based in Poznań, Poland. The 1920s is sometimes referred to as the " Jazz Age " or the " Roaring Twenties " when speaking about the United States and Canada The 1930s were described as an abrupt shift to more radical and conservative lifestyles as countries were struggling to find a solution to the Great Depression. Year 1929 ( MCMXXIX) was a Common year starting on Tuesday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Year 1938 ( MCMXXXVIII) was a Common year starting on Saturday (link will display the full calendar of the Gregorian calendar. Scherfke also played 12 games for the Polish national team, scoring 2 goals. The Poland national football team (Reprezentacja Polski w piłce nożnej is the national football team of Poland, under the auspices of the Polish His debut occurred on October 2, 1932 in a 2-1 win against Latvia. Events 1187 - Siege of Jerusalem: Saladin captures Jerusalem after 88 years of Crusader rule Year 1932 ( MCMXXXII) was a Leap year starting on Friday of the Gregorian calendar. The Latvian national football team ( Izlase in Latvian) is controlled by the Latvian Football Federation, the governing body for football in Latvia He participated in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, where Poland finished fourth, playing in games against Hungary (3-0) and Great Britain (5-4). The 1936 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad, an International Multi-sport event which was held in 1936 in Berlin The Hungary national football team represents Hungary in international football and is controlled by the Hungarian Football Federation. A United Kingdom national football team would represent the United Kingdom (UK in football though no United Kingdom team currently exists as there are separate teams His name, however, will always be remembered in Poland as the one who scored the first goal for Poland in the 1938 FIFA World Cup. The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third staging of the World Cup and was held in France from June 4 to June 19. This happened on June 5, 1938, in Strasbourg, France, during the legendary match Poland - Brazil. Strasbourg (Strasbourg stʁazbuʁ Alsatian: Strossburi,; Straßburg) is the capital and principal City of the Alsace région This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. The Brazil national football team is the national team of Brazil and is managed by the Brazilian Football Confederation (CBF that represents Brazil in international Poland lost 5-6 and Scherfke netted on the penalty kick in the 23rd minute. His Silesian team mate Ernst Willimowski, who scored the other four goals for Poland, went on to play for Germany, unlike Scherfke. Ernst Willimowski (nicknamed "Ezi" in 1938 WC spelled Ernest WILIMOWSKI) ( June 23, 1916 &ndash August 30, 1997) was

During the Second World War, as Volksdeutscher German, he was called up to the Wehrmacht. World War II, or the Second World War, (often abbreviated WWII) was a global military conflict which involved a majority of the world's nations, including This page describes the origins and historical use of the term Volksdeutsche. Wehrmacht (literally "defense force" was the name of the unified Armed forces of Germany from 1935 to 1945 Rumors claim that he was a driver for the Gestapo and managed to protect some former soccer team mates from persecution by the Nazis. The ( contraction of ge heime Sta ats' po' lizei: "Secret State Police" was the official Secret police of Nazi Germany At the end of the war he was captured as POW by British soldiers. He was released on 25 July 1945 but did not return to his home town. At the time, many Germans were victim of the Expulsion of Germans from Poland after World War II. The flight and expulsion of Germans from Poland after World War II was part of a series of flights and expulsions of Germans from Europe during and after World War II. In his mid-30s, he was too old to resume his football career, and found a new home in West Berlin, where he died in 1983. West Berlin was the name given to the western part of Berlin between 1949 and 1990 In his latter years, he was frequently a visitor of a Polish restaurant Strzecha in West Berlin.

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