Franjo Giler
Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 1 September 1907 | ||
Place of birth | Sremska Mitrovica, Austro-Hungary | ||
Date of death | 20 December 1943 | (aged 36)||
Place of death | Vršac, Yugoslavia | ||
Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1924–1925 | Građanski Sr. Mitrovica | ||
1925–1931 | Građanski Zagreb | ||
1931–1935 | Jugoslavija Belgrade | ||
Čukarički | |||
National team | |||
1926–1932 | Yugoslavia | 13 | (3) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Franjo Giler, sometimes spelled Giller (1 September 1907 – 20 December 1943), was a Yugoslav footballer. He was part of Yugoslavia's team at the 1928 Summer Olympics.[1]
Career[]
Born in Sremska Mitrovica,[2] Austro-Hungary (nowadays Serbia), he was known as one of the best left wingers in Yugoslavia in the pre-World War II period.[2]
He started playing in Građanski Sremska Mitrovica.[2] and in 1925 he moved to HŠK Građanski Zagreb[3] where he becomes Yugoslav First League champion in 1926 and 1928.[2] In 1929 he suffered a major injury in a national team match against France, and in 1931 he was operated by Doctor Köln in Vienna, becoming the first Yugoslav footballer to be operated to the meniscus.[2] In 1931 he joined SK Jugoslavija where he played until 1935 making 35 appearances and 12 goals. Afterwards he became a player/manager at another Belgrade club, FK Čukarički.[2]
He made 13 appearances and 3 goals for the Yugoslavia national football team between 1926 and 1932, and also 2 appearances for the Yugoslavia B team, between 1927 and 1928.[2]
During the World War II, as a volksdeutscher, more precisely Croat of German origin, he was mobilised by the German authorities, but he tried to escape and join Yugoslav Partisans in the region of Srem, however he was ultimately captured by the Gestapo and shot dead in Vršac on 20 December 1943.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Franjo Giler". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 September 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f g h Franjo Giler biography at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
- ^ Franjo Giler at National-Football-Teams.com
- 1907 births
- 1943 deaths
- Sportspeople from Sremska Mitrovica
- Croatian footballers
- Yugoslav footballers
- Olympic footballers of Yugoslavia
- Yugoslavia international footballers
- Footballers at the 1928 Summer Olympics
- Association football midfielders
- FK Srem players
- HŠK Građanski Zagreb players
- SK Jugoslavija players
- FK Čukarički players
- Yugoslav First League players
- Croatian people of German descent
- Croatian people executed by Nazi Germany
- Croatian civilians killed in World War II
- People executed by Nazi Germany by firearm