| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | August Gottschalk | ||
| Date of birth | 14 December 1921 | ||
| Place of birth | Essen, Germany | ||
| Date of death | 27 November 2014 (aged 92) | ||
| Place of death | Essen, Germany | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| –1939 | Preußen Essen | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1939–1945 | Rot-Weiss Essen | ||
| 1945–1946 | Preußen Essen | ||
| 1946–1955 | Rot-Weiss Essen | ||
| Managerial career | |||
| 1955–1956 | SV Borbeck | ||
| BV Altenessen 06 | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
August Gottschalk (Essen, 14 December 1921 – Essen, 27 November 2014)[1][2] was a German footballer who played as a forward.
Biography
He debuted professionally in 1939 with Rot-Weiss Essen. In his first stint with the club, he played for six seasons. He left the club in 1945 to play for a year for Preußen Essen. At the end of the 1945/1946 season, he returned to the Rot-Weiss Essen, where he played for another nine seasons. In this second stint with Rot-Weiss Essen he scored 99 goals in 186 matches. He was captain of the team when it won the DFB-Pokal in 1953 and Bundesliga championship in 1955.
References
- ↑ RWE-Meisterkapitän August Gottschalk ist tot Archived 2016-08-10 at the Wayback Machine (in German)
- ↑ August Gottschalk feiert 90. Geburtstag Archived December 18, 2014, at the Wayback Machine (in German)
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