Ginter Gawlik

Polish footballer

Ginter Gawlik
Personal information
Date of birth	5 December 1930
Place of birth	Borsigwerk, Germany
Date of death	22 August 2005(2005-08-22) (aged 74)
Place of death	Würzburg, Germany
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
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
International career
1957–1958	Poland	7	(1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ginter Gawlik (5 December 1930 – 22 August 2005) was a Polish soccer player, defender and midfielder. He spent most of career playing for Polish team Górnik Zabrze.^[1]

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 Poland national team scoring one goal in 7 games. His debut took place on 23 June 1957 in Chorzów, when Poland beat Soviet Union 2-1.