Josip Scholz

Croatian footballer (1898–1945)

Josip ŠolcPersonal information

Full name|  Josip Šolc
Date of birth|  (1898-01-30)30 January 1898
Place of birth|  Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary
Date of death|  24 September 1945(1945-09-24) (aged 47)[1]
Place of death|  Belgrade, FS Serbia, DF Yugoslavia
Position(s)|  Midfielder
Senior career*
Years|  Team|  Apps|  (Gls)
1917–1928|  Concordia Zagreb|  |
International career
1920–1923|  Kingdom of SCS|  2|  (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Josip Šolc (30 January 1898 – 24 September 1945)[2] was a Croatian soldier and footballer. He competed for the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[3] He was sometimes referred to as Josip Scholz which is the Germanized spelling.[4]

## Football career

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Born in Zagreb, he played football as midfielder with HŠK Concordia and was known for his good technical skills.[5]

He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a September 1920 friendly match against Egypt and earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His second and final international was an October 1923 friendly against Czechoslovakia.[6] Besides football he also practiced fencing and was part of the Little Entente team at Bucharest in 1938.[5]

## Military career

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He finished the Military Academy and was official in the Yugoslav Royal Army between 1919 and 1940. He was a member of the Nazi-backed Croatian Home Guard.[5] Šolc was commander of the Zagreb Garrison Command.[7][8] 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 22 December 1944.

He was captured by the Yugoslav Partisans in May 1945 and in June was incarcerated in the military prison in Belgrade where he was sentenced to death and executed on 19 September 1945.[5][9]

## References

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1. ^ "Josip Scholz". Croatian Olympic Committee. 19 May 2017. Archived from the original on 15 September 2017. Retrieved 14 September 2017.
2. ^ Josip Scholz's profile at Sports Reference.com
3. ^ FIFA Player Statistics: Josip SOLC
4. ^ "Josip Scholz". Olympedia. Retrieved 17 August 2021.
5. ^ a b c d Josip Scholz Archived 20 February 2015 at the Wayback Machine at Reprezentacija.rs (in Serbian)
6. ^ "Player Database". EU-football. Retrieved 17 December 2022.
7. ^ Charles D. Pettibone The Organization and Order of Battle of Militaries in World War II 2012 p. 274 "Zagreb Garrison Brigade (Zagrebacki Posadni Zdrug) (07/20/43, HQ Zagreb City Command; 04/01/44, ... Josip Šolc (03/45, Commanding Officer, 1st Assault Division) 08/44 unknown? 12/01/44, reformed 20th Domobran Brigade - see 20th Domobran ..."
8. ^ Order of battle of Croatian Home Defense Army
9. ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.

## External links

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* Josip Scholz at National-Football-Teams.com
* Josip Scholz at EU-Football.info
* Josip Scholz at Olympedia

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Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes football squad – 1920 Summer Olympics

* GK Vrđuka
* DF Župančić
* DF Šifer
* DF Tavčar
* FW Cindrić
* DF Rupec
* MF Vragović
* MF Dubravčić
* DF Perška
* MF Granec
* MF Ružić
* DF Porobić
* DF Šolc
* FW Simić
* FW Kojić
* Coach: Ugrinić

*[Apps]: League appearances
*[Gls]: League goals
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