Adolf Urban

Adolf Urban
Personal information
Date of birth9 January 1914
Place of birthGelsenkirchen, German Empire
Date of death23 May 1943 (aged 29)
Place of deathStaraya Russa, Soviet Union
Playing positionForward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
Schalke 04
National team
1935–1941Germany21(11)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (Goals).

Adolf Urban (born 9 January 1914 in Gelsenkirchen, died 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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