Adolf Urban (9 January 1914 – 23 May 1943) was a German footballer. Urban played as a forward for the football club

Schalke 04 Fußballclub Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04 e. V., commonly known as Schalke 04 (), and abbreviated as S04 (), is a professional sports club from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. It is best known for its football team, w ...

, among others. He has made 21 appearances for

Germany Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany, is a country in Central Europe. It lies between the Baltic Sea and the North Sea to the north and the Alps to the south. Its sixteen States of Germany, constituent states have a total popu ...

between 1935 and 1941, scoring 11 goals. He was also part of Germany's squad at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

. In the

Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...

Urban was mobilised with the

Wehrmacht The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the German Army (1935–1945), ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmac ...

in which he served in the 422nd Infantry Regiment on the Eastern Front in Russia, fighting at the battle of Demyansk. He later died in 1943 in Staraya Russa, from wounds received in further fighting. He was the only member of the

Breslau Eleven The Breslau Eleven () was the name given to the Germany national football team who defeated Denmark national football team, Denmark 8–0 at Olympic Stadium (Wrocław), Hermann-Göring-Sportfeld in Breslau, Germany (now Wrocław, Poland) on 16 M ...

to die in combat. His body was buried in the Karpovo Military Cemetery but was later repatriated and reburied in November 2013 in Schalke cemetery in Gelsenkirchen.

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* 1914 births 1943 deaths German men's footballers Germany men's international footballers German people of Polish descent Olympic footballers for Germany Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Men's association football forwards FC Schalke 04 players German Army personnel killed in World War II Footballers from Gelsenkirchen 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-forward-1910s-stub