Fritz Pliska

Died28 August 1995(1995-08-28) (aged 79) Dülken, Germany

Association football careerPositionDefenderSenior career*YearsTeamApps(Gls)1945–1946FC Schalke 041948–1949TSG Vohwinkel 801948–1949Rheydter SV1951–1953Borussia MönchengladbachManagerial career1949–1951Rheydter SV1951–1953Borussia Mönchengladbach1954–1955Waldhof Mannheim1955–1956VfR Frankenthal1957–1960Borussia Mönchengladbach1960–1962Fortuna Düsseldorf1963–1965Bayer 04 Leverkusen1965–1967Rot-Weiss Essen1973–1974Roda JC Kerkrade* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Senior career*

Years Team Apps (Gls)

1948–1949 TSG Vohwinkel 80

1948–1949 Rheydter SV

Managerial career

1949–1951Rheydter SV

1957–1960Borussia Mönchengladbach

* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fritz Pliska (20 December 1915 – 28 August 1995) was a German footballer and coach in the German Bundesliga and in the Dutch Eredivisie. During World War II, he served as an army soldier in the Wehrmacht and was a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross.

Awards

German Cross in Gold on 22 February 1942 as Oberfeldwebel in the 3./Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 26 March 1944 as Oberfeldwebel and Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 19

Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Militaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.