Fritz Pliska

**Association football career**
Senior career*
Playing position	Defender
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1945–1946	FC Schalke 04
1948–1949	TSG Vohwinkel 80
1948–1949	Rheydter SV
1951–1953	Borussia Mönchengladbach
Teams managed
1949–1951	Rheydter SV
1951–1953	Borussia Mönchengladbach
1954–1955	Waldhof Mannheim
1955–1956	VfR Frankenthal
1957–1960	Borussia Mönchengladbach
1960–1962	Fortuna Düsseldorf
1963–1965	Bayer 04 Leverkusen
1965–1967	Rot-Weiss Essen
1973–1974	Roda JC Kerkrade
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Fritz Pliska (20 December 1915 – 28 August 1995) was a highly decorated Leutnant in the Wehrmacht during World War II and a recipient of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross. The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross was awarded to recognise extreme battlefield bravery or successful military leadership.

Pliska was also is a former German footballer and coach in the German Bundesliga and in the Dutch Eerste Divisie.

Awards and decorations

West Wall Medal (27 September 1939)
Iron Cross (1939)
- 2nd Class (27 September 1939)
- 1st Class (25 June 1940)
Panzer Badge in Bronze (24 September 1941)
Wound Badge (1939)
- in Silver
Eastern Front Medal (1 December 1942)
Honour Roll Clasp of the Army (8 July 1941)
German Cross in Gold on 22 February 1942 as Oberfeldwebel in the 3./Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon^[1]
Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross on 26 March 1944 as Oberfeldwebel and Zugführer (platoon leader) in the 3./Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 19^[2]^[3]

References

Citations

↑ Patzwall & Scherzer 2001, p. 354.
↑ Fellgiebel 2000, p. 341.
↑ Scherzer 2007, p. 598.

Bibliography

Fellgiebel, Walther-Peer (2000) [1986]. Die Träger des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939–1945 — Die Inhaber der höchsten Auszeichnung des Zweiten Weltkrieges aller Wehrmachtteile [The Bearers of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939–1945 — The Owners of the Highest Award of the Second World War of all Wehrmacht Branches] (in German). Friedberg, Germany: Podzun-Pallas. ISBN 978-3-7909-0284-6.
Patzwall, Klaus D.; Scherzer, Veit (2001). Das Deutsche Kreuz 1941 – 1945 Geschichte und Inhaber Band II [The German Cross 1941 – 1945 History and Recipients Volume 2] (in German). Norderstedt, Germany: Verlag Klaus D. Patzwall. ISBN 978-3-931533-45-8.
Scherzer, Veit (2007). Die Ritterkreuzträger 1939–1945 Die Inhaber des Ritterkreuzes des Eisernen Kreuzes 1939 von Heer, Luftwaffe, Kriegsmarine, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm sowie mit Deutschland verbündeter Streitkräfte nach den Unterlagen des Bundesarchives [The Knight's Cross Bearers 1939–1945 The Holders of the Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross 1939 by Army, Air Force, Navy, Waffen-SS, Volkssturm and Allied Forces with Germany According to the Documents of the Federal Archives] (in German). Jena, Germany: Scherzers Miltaer-Verlag. ISBN 978-3-938845-17-2.

External links

"Fritz Pliska". World War 2 Awards.com. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
"An die Friedhofsmauer". Der Spiegel (in German). 21. 1971. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
"Wie ein kleiner König". Der Spiegel (in German). 52. 1996. Retrieved 19 August 2014.
"Bundesliga-Abstiegskampf: Bielefeld feuert Trainer Frontzeck". Spiegel Online (in German). Retrieved 19 August 2014.

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross recipients of the 19th Panzer Division

Staff	Hans Källner¹ (Oak Leaves & Swords) Otto von Knobelsdorff² (Oak Leaves & Swords) Gustav Schmidt ³ (Oak Leaves)

Units	Karl Baxmann Gustav-Adolf Bruns Josef-August Fitz⁴ (Oak Leaves) Karl-Richard Koßmann Othmar Kreuzinger (Oak Leaves) Hans Meier Alfred Nähring Alfred Müller (Oak Leaves) Fritz Pliska Wolfgang Thomale Heinrich Volker Giselher Wilke

²Oak Leaves with the XXXXVIII Panzer Corps, Swords with the XXXX Panzer Corps. ³Knight's Cross with the 702nd Infantry Division. ⁴Oak Leaves with Fallschirm-Panzer Division 1 Hermann Göring.

Fritz Pliska managerial positions

Borussia Mönchengladbach – managers

Krätschmer (1946–49)
Sottong (1949–50)
Ditgens & Pohl (1950–51)
Pliska (1951–53)
Silken (1953–55)
Dondorf (1955–57)
Pliska (1957–60)
Oles (1960–62)
Langner (1963–64)
Weisweiler (1964–75)
Lattek (1975–79)
Heynckes (1979–87)
Werner (1987–89)
vom Bruch (1989–91)
Krauss (1991)
Gelsdorf (1991–92)
Krauss (1992–96)
Bongartz (1996–97)
Meier (1997–98)
Rausch (1998)
Bonhof (1998–99)
Meyer (1999–2003)
Lienen (2003)
Fach (2003–04)
Köppel (2004)
Advocaat (2004–05)
Köppel (2005–06)
Heynckes (2006–07)
Luhukay (2007–08)
Ziege (a.i.) (2008)
Meyer (2008–09)
Frontzeck (2009–11)
Favre (2011–15)
Schubert (a.i.) (2015)
Schubert (2015–)

SV Waldhof Mannheim – managers

Gentner (1919–21)
Townley (1921)
Willnecker (1922–23)
Schwärzel (1925–27)
Hetzel (1927–30)
Tauchert (1930–37)
Neumann (1938–40)
Ruchay (1940–47)
Pahlke (1946–47)
Kratsch (1947)
Pennig (1947–48)
Marquet (1948–49)
Engelhardt (1949)
Rebell (1949–50)
Mauruschat (1950–51)
Wendlandt (1951–54)
Pliska (1954–55)
Weidinger (1955–56)
Günderoth (1956)
Medve (1956–61)
Knoll (1961–62)
Striebinger (1962–63)
Hoffmann (1963–66)
Günderoth (1966)
Körner (1966–67)
Rößling (1967)
Lindemann (1967–69)
Berninger (1969)
Lindemann (1967–69)
Wendlandt (1969–70)
Sinn (1970–73)
Wendlandt (1973)
Rohr (1973–75)
Rudinski (1975–77)
Čendić (1977–78)
Günderoth (1978)
Gawliczek (1979–80)
Sinn (80)
Schlappner (1980–87)
Latzke (1987–88)
Sebert (1988–91)
Herr (1991)
Toppmöller (1993)
Sundermann (1993)
Herr (1993–94)
Stielike (1994–95)
Neues (1995)
Dickgießler (1995)
Schlappner (1995–96)
Sebert (1996–97)
Rapolder (1997–01)
Pradt (2001)
Egli (2001–02)
Pradt (2002–03)
Kuntz (2003)
Olscha (2003–04)
Hach (2004)
Gaudino (2004–05)
Petrović (2005)
Morales (2005–06)
Menze (2006–07)
Conrad (2007–09)
Pradt (2009–10)
Hollich (2010–13)
Clauß (2013)
Kocak (2013–16)
Dais (2016–)

Fortuna Düsseldorf – managers

Körner (1924–27)
Körner (1931–34)
Flink (1934–35)
Höger (1935–37)
Flink (1937–38)
Körner (1939–41)
Hochgesang (1946–48)
Flink (1948)
Breuer (1949)
Janes (1949–51)
Körner (1951–53)
Klötzer (1953–57)
Lindemann (1957–60)
Breuer (1960)
Pliska (1960–62)
Derwall (1962–63)
Klötzer (1963–67)
Melchior (1967)
Oles (1967–68)
Knefler (1968–70)
Lucas (1970–75)
Krafft (1975)
Piontek (1975–76)
Krafft (1976)
Weise (1976–78)
Tippenhauer (1978–79)
Rehhagel (1979–80)
Höher (1980–81)
Berger (1981–82)
Kremer (1982–85)
Brei (1985–87)
Meyer (1987)
Ristić (1987–90)
Hickersberger (1990–91)
Schafstall (1991–92)
Gede (1992)
Köppel (1992)
Ristić (1992–96)
Wojtowicz (1996–97)
Maslo (1997–98)
Marić (1998)
Allofs (1998–99)
Neururer (1999)
Gelsdorf (1999–2000)
Kamp (2000)
Ristić (2000–01)
Fuchs (2001)
Kamp (2001–02)
Emmerling (2002)
Petrović (2002–03)
Weidemann (2003)
Morales (2003–04)
Weidemann (2004–07)
Werner (2007)
Meier (2008–13)
Büskens (2013)
Reck (2013)
Köstner (2014)
Reck (2014–15)
Aksoy (2015)
Kramer (2015)
Hermann (2015)
Kurz (2015–16)
Funkel (2016–)

Bayer 04 Leverkusen – managers

Polster (1950)
Schwab (1950–51)
Strehle (1951–53)
Kretschmann (1953–56)
Melcher (1956–57)
Conen (1957–59)
Kirchberg (1959–60)
Garske (1960–62)
Pliska (1962–65)
Kirchberg (1965–71)
Bisanz (1971–73)
Renno (1973–74)
Rummel (1974–76)
Momirski (1976)
Kremer (1976–81)
Kentschke (1981–82)
Cramer (1982–85)
Ribbeck (1985–88)
Michels (1988–89)
Gelsdorf (1989–91)
Hermann (1991)
Saftig (1991–93)
Stepanović (1993–95)
Ribbeck (1995–96)
Hermann (1996)
Daum (1996–2000)
Völler (2000)
Vogts (2000–01)
Toppmöller (2001–03)
Hörster (2003)
Augenthaler (2003–05)
Völler (2005)
Skibbe (2005–08)
Labbadia (2008–09)
Heynckes (2009–11)
Dutt (2011–12)
Hyypiä & Lewandowski (2012–13)
Hyypiä (2013–14)
Lewandowski (2014)
Schmidt (2014–)

Rot-Weiss Essen – managers

Schwartz (1955–57)
Harthaus (1963–65)
Pliska (1965–67)
Ribbeck (1967–68)
Klötzer (1968–69)
Vordenbäumen (1969)
Burdenski (1969–71)
Vordenbäumen (1971)
Bédl (1971–72)
Witzler (1972–73)
Ferner (1973–75)
Horvat (1975–76)
Erlhoff (1976–78)
Quinkert (1978)
Ferner (1978–79)
Schafstall (1979–81)
Mandziara (1981–83)
Bock (1983)
Bédl (1983)
Schacht (1983)
Melzig (1984)
Hrubesch (1986–87)
Neururer (1987)
Franz (1987–88)
Buchmann (1988)
Melzig (1988)
Moors (1989–91)
Röber (1991–93)
Frank (1994–95)
Gores (1995–97)
Berge (1998–99)
Fuchs (1999)
Berge (1999–2001)
Pleß (2001–03)
Fach (2003)
Gelsdorf (2003–05)
Neuhaus (2005–06)
Köstner (2006–07)
Bonan (2007–08)
Kulm (2008–09)
Außem (2009)
Middendorp (2009)
Außem (2009–10)
Erkenbrecher (2009–10)
Wrobel (2010–14)
Fascher (2014–15)
Lucas (2015)
Reiter (2015)
Siewert (2015–16)
Demandt (2016–)

Roda JC – managers

Thomas (1962–63)
Pfeiffer (1963–65)
Coerver (1965–66)
Fischer (1966–68)
Weth (1968–69)
Weyzen (1969–71)
Koole (1971–72)
Hollink (1972–74)
Pliska (1974)
Jacobs (1974–1980)
De Visser (1980–83)
Eijkenbroek (1983–84)
Gerards (a.i.) (1984)
Körver (1984–86)
Baan (1986–87)
Jacobs (1987–88)
Reker (1988–91)
Koster (1991–93)
Stevens (1993–96)
Achterberg (1996)
Jol (1996–98)
Vonk (1998)
Vergoossen (1998–2001)
Van Dijk (2001)
Leekens (2001–02)
Vloet (2002–05)
Stevens (2005–07)
Atteveld (2007–08)
Koopman (a.i.) (2008)
Van Veldhoven (2008–12)
Brood (2012–13)
Plum & Vrede (a.i.) (2013)
Tomasson (2014)
Trost (2014–15)
Plum & Vrede (a.i.) (2015)
Kalezić (2015–16)
Anastasiou (2016–)

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