Walter Hanke

Walter Hanke (also: Richard Hanke, born March 18, 1910 in Breslau , † September 2, 1980 in Ingolstadt ) was a German football player .

career

The striker in the "Offensive System" at the time was a model maker by profession. He began his career at the Breslauer FV 06 and reached the finals with his club in the 1930/31 season in southeast Germany. There he took second place with the blue-whites after a playoff against local rivals Breslauer SC 1908 (6: 3). The 20-year-old attacker played his only international match against Norway on November 2, 1930 in Wroclaw . He came on in the 46th minute for the injured Karl Hohmann . In the 55th minute, he brought the German national team 1-0 lead. In the 1-1 draw, Hans Jakob , Erich Kauer and Josef Wendl also made their debut alongside captain Richard Hofmann .

On January 11, 1931, he represented the colors of the southeast at the side of Fritz Langner (VfB Breslau) in the competition of the Federal Cup against Central Germany.

In July 1931, Hanke moved to Vienna AC in Austria. From January 1932 to 1935 he played for DSV Saaz in Czechoslovakia and was briefly awarded to SK Prostějov in the 1934/35 season. He then moved to France, where from 1935 he was active for two seasons each at FC Metz and later at Stade Rennais . With the WAC, "the Breslauer" was in the final of the Mitropa Cup in November 1931 , with the DSV Saaz he was twice German-Bohemian champion, the CS Metz had succeeded in promotion to Division 1 in 1935 . With the new first division, Hanke finished 11th in 1935/36 and scored seven goals in 27 league games. At the side of the Austrian national player Matthias Kaburek , he finished seventh in 1936/37 with the club now run as FC Metz and repeated exactly the same figures from the previous year.

In 1939 his professional time in France was over, but contrary to what had been assumed for a long time, Hanke had not finally given up his shoes. According to the trade press, he was initially (again) with the NSTG Saaz, as his former club was now called. A little later he made his debut with three goals in a friendly game for Hamborn 07 .

Walter, Richard or Josef?

For an unknown reason, Hanke appeared in various sources at times with the first name Richard . Hanke himself signed “Walter Hanke” on the autograph card shown here (private property). He was only known by his first name "Walter" in his family and friends. He is occasionally confused with the Austrian soccer player Josef Hanke, formerly 1st Vienna FC , who also played in France in the 1930s. He returned to Vienna from Roubaix in 1938 .

literature

Jürgen Bitter : Germany's national soccer player: the lexicon . SVB Sportverlag, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00749-0 .
Lorenz Knieriem, Hardy Grüne : Player Lexicon 1890 - 1963 . In: Encyclopedia of German League Football . tape 8 . AGON, Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-89784-148-7 .

Individual evidence

↑ Walter Hanke in the WAC 1931 jersey (standing fifth from the left)
↑ The transfer fee is said to have been 40,000 francs, according to the Wiener Sporttagblatt on August 10, 1935, page 4
^ Wiener Sport-Tagblatt dated November 13, 1931, which confirms that it was the same player. Der Fußball (Munich) wrote in its edition of October 24, 1933 on page 16 in retrospect: “Hanke played in the WAC team at the time, and good! He was eager to prove to the relevant circles in Germany how much he had been underestimated. "
↑ Almanach du football éd. 1935/36. Paris 1936, p. 46
↑ Almanach du football éd. 1936/37. Paris 1937, p. 45
↑ Der Kicker from August 18, 1942, page 10: "... which was reinforced by the national player Hanke (formerly Breslau 02 [sic]), where he already worked many years ago"
↑ Der Kicker of September 8, 1942, page 8
↑ Hanke's first name was Walter. Proof: Autograph card (privately owned) and personal conversation with son-in-law Hankes on July 26, 2015
↑ austria soccer , called on 10 September 2016 first name see Wiener Tagblatt Sport of 12 September 1936 Page 5
↑ cf. The small Volksblatt of August 31, 1938, page 13; also: Neues Wiener Tagblatt from June 9, 1938, page 48

personal data
SURNAME	Hanke, Walter
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH	March 18, 1910
PLACE OF BIRTH	Wroclaw
DATE OF DEATH	2nd September 1980
Place of death	Ingolstadt

[1] Walter Hanke in the WAC 1931 jersey (standing fifth from the left)

[2] The transfer fee is said to have been 40,000 francs, according to the Wiener Sporttagblatt on August 10, 1935, page 4

[3] Wiener Sport-Tagblatt dated November 13, 1931, which confirms that it was the same player. Der Fußball (Munich) wrote in its edition of October 24, 1933 on page 16 in retrospect: “Hanke played in the WAC team at the time, and good! He was eager to prove to the relevant circles in Germany how much he had been underestimated. "

[4] Almanach du football éd. 1935/36. Paris 1936, p. 46

[5] Almanach du football éd. 1936/37. Paris 1937, p. 45

[6] Der Kicker from August 18, 1942, page 10: "... which was reinforced by the national player Hanke (formerly Breslau 02 [sic]), where he already worked many years ago"

[7] Der Kicker of September 8, 1942, page 8

[8] Hanke's first name was Walter. Proof: Autograph card (privately owned) and personal conversation with son-in-law Hankes on July 26, 2015

[9] ustria soccer , called on 10 September 2016 first name see Wiener Tagblatt Sport of 12 September 1936 Page 5

[10] . The small Volksblatt of August 31, 1938, page 13; also: Neues Wiener Tagblatt from June 9, 1938, page 48