Josip Scholz

Josip Scholz
Personal information
Date of birth 1898
Place of birth Zagreb, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 1945
Place of death Belgrade, Yugoslavia
Playing position Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1917-1928 Concordia Zagreb
National team
1920-1923 Yugoslavia 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).
Josip Scholz
Born 1898
Zagreb
Died 1945
Allegiance Kingdom of Yugoslavia
Independent State of Croatia
Rank Croatian Home Guard-General pješaštva

Josip Scholz, also known as Josip Šolc, (born 1898 in Zagreb - died 1945 in Belgrade) was a Croatian soldier and footballer. He competed for the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[1]

He was a member of the Croatian Home Guard. Šolc was commander of the Zagreb Garrison Command.[2] In August 1942 he was awarded the Military Order of the Iron Trefoil 4th Class Cross with Oak Wreath. He was promoted to the rank of infantry general on December 22, 1944. He was executed in Belgrade in 1945.

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