Fritz Pliska

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German officer and Knight's Cross recipient (1915–1995)

Fritz Pliska
Born	20 December 1915 Gelsenkirchen
Died	28 August 1995(1995-08-28) (aged 79) Dülken
Awards	Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross
Association football career Position(s) Defender Senior career* Years Team Apps (Gls) 1945–1946 FC Schalke 04 1948–1949 TSG Vohwinkel 80 1948–1949 Rheydter SV 1951–1953 Borussia Mönchengladbach Managerial career 1949–1951 Rheydter SV 1951–1953 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1954–1955 Waldhof Mannheim 1955–1956 VfR Frankenthal 1957–1960 Borussia Mönchengladbach 1960–1962 Fortuna Düsseldorf 1963–1965 Bayer 04 Leverkusen 1965–1967 Rot-Weiss Essen 1973–1974 Roda JC Kerkrade *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^[1]
• Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 26 March 1944 as Oberfeldwebel and Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 19^[2]

References

Citations

1. ^ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 354.
2. ^ Scherzer 2007, p. 598.

Bibliography

• 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.

External links

• "An die Friedhofsmauer". Der Spiegel (in German). Vol. 21. 1971. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
• "Wie ein kleiner König". Der Spiegel (in German). Vol. 52. 1996. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
• "Bundesliga-Abstiegskampf: Bielefeld feuert Trainer Frontzeck". Spiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 19 August 2014.

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