Date of birth 9 January 1914 Role Footballer Name Adolf Urban | 1935–1941 Germany Years Team | |
Place of birth Gelsenkirchen, German Empire Date of death 23 May 1943(1943-05-23) (aged 29) Place of death Staraya Russa, Soviet Union Died May 23, 1943, Staraya Russa, Russia | ||
Adolf Urban (9 January 1914 in Gelsenkirchen – 23 May 1943 in Staraya Russa) was a German footballer. Urban, a forward, played for Schalke 04, among others, and made 21 appearances for Germany between 1935 and 1941, scoring 11 goals. He died in 1943 in Staraya Russa, fighting in World War II. He was the only member of the Breslau Eleven to die in combat.
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