Paul Glowka

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Paul Glowka (born April 13, 1910 in Lötzen ; † 1950 in Lünen ) was a German football goalkeeper who was active for SV Hindenburg Allenstein from 1931 to 1939 .

Career

societies

Glowka began playing football in his place of birth at the local SV Lötzen and later switched to SV Hindenburg Allenstein as a professional soldier , for whom he played in the championships from 1931 to 1933 in the championships organized by the Baltic Lawn and Winter Sports Association .

In the championship, which was held in two districts - District I East Prussia (divided into three division leagues) and District II Grenzmark (divided into five district leagues), he and his team emerged as the winner of the Division League South and accordingly took part in the East Prussian finals , which was shot down behind VfB Königsberg in second place. With this placement, his club was also represented in the final round of the Baltic championship, which was held and won in the round-robin tournament with VfB Königsberg, SV Viktoria Stolp and Danziger SC . In the following season he went with his club in second place in the Division League South produced and finished second in the subsequent East Prussian finals first, in the final round of the Baltic championship with two points on the SV Prussia-Samland Königsberg second place.

From 1933 to 1939 he played in the Gauliga East Prussia , one of initially 16, later increased to 23 Gauligen at the time of National Socialism as a uniform top division in the German Empire .

From the championship held in two divisions until the end of the 1934/35 season, he and his club emerged as the winner of division II and thus took part in the two - legged championship . While the first leg was won 3: 2 in Allenstein on March 18, 1934 against SC Preußen Danzig , he lost with his club on March 25, 1934 in Danzig with 1: 6.

In the Gauliga of the 1935/36 season, which was held in two divisions of four teams each, the first two placed clubs from each of the seven clubs from the four second-rate district classes took part in the qualification. After his club the championship in district Olsztyn won, she sat in the section B by. The home and return leg championship was won 2-0 at SV Prussia-Samland Königsberg on March 8, 1936 and 7-2 on March 15, 1936.

With the goalless draw on March 7, 1937 at MSV Yorck Boyen Insterburg and the 7-0 victory on March 21, 1937 in Allenstein , he and his team again won the Gaume Championship, which he secured with her in 1939 in the round-robin tournament with ten teams . In 1938 only second place in the Olsztyn district, he also took second place in Division I , which meant he was excluded from the final.

Because of his successes - once as second in the East Prussian Championship - he took part in the final round of the German Championship five times with SV Hindenburg Allenstein and played a total of 20 games. He made his debut on May 8, 1932 in the 0: 6 defeat in the round of 16 against Eintracht Frankfurt , where his team failed on May 21, 1933 with 2:12 in the quarter-finals . In 1935/36 , 1936/37 and 1938/39 he came with his team for which he, except for the last participation, played all group games, not beyond the group stage.

His only two games in the competition for the Tschammerpokal , the cup competition for club teams, he played on September 6, 1936 in a 3-1 defeat by VfB Peine in the round of 16 and on August 28, 1938 in a 2-0 win against SC Prussia Danzig in the 1st final round .

Selection team

As a player in the East Prussian district selection team , he also took part in the district selection competitions. Both in the competition for the Adolf-Hitler-Pokal in 1933 , as well as in the competition for the Kampfspiel-Pokal in 1934 and in the competition for the Federal Cup in 1935 , his selection was defeated in the preliminary round by the district selection teams Berlin-Brandenburg with 1: 4, Niederrhein with 0: 4 and Lower Saxony 1: 4. In the four successive participations in the competition for the Reichsbund Cup , his selection survived the opening round only in 1935/36 and 1938/39 , then dropped out of the competition in the respective quarter-finals.

successes

Others

During the Second World War , Glowka was taken prisoner by the Soviets , from which he was released in 1950. A few days after he was reunited with his family in Lünen, Paul Glowka died in an accident in a coal mine in Lünen .

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Individual evidence

  1. ↑ a b Fifty Years of Sport Club Lötzen , in Ostpreußenblatt of September 2, 1961, p. 13
  2. ^ Hugo Angermann † , in Ostpreußenblatt dated February 11, 1967, p. 14
personal data
SURNAME Glowka, Paul
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH April 13, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH Soldering
DATE OF DEATH 1950
Place of death Luenen