Felix Zwolanowski
Felix Zwolanowski ( born July 12, 1912 in Dusseldorf, † 26 November 1998) was a German football player of Fortuna Dusseldorf.
Career
Youth
In the youth division of TuS Rhine Franks Dusseldorf Felix Zwolanowski learned the game mode of a club and the duty of the Association Games Round know. He went through all the youth teams at the Rhine francs. The first practical in the seniors graduated from the Düsseldorf in his hometown club. With 20 years changed the little whirlwind, he was 1.68 m tall, to the great local rivals Fortuna Dusseldorf.
Fortuna Dusseldorf, 1932-1949
In the first year at the Fortuna experienced the on the left side of the field as a runner, half or winger equally applicable lively technicians in the final round of the German football championship in 1933 winning the title. In the district of Nagorno- Mark Fortuna Dusseldorf won the first championship in season 1932/33. In the following games to the West German championship against the masters of the districts Rhein, Hesse / Hannover and the Ruhr, the team came to the formative Runner series Paul Janes, Jacob Bender, Theo Breuer and the storm conductor Georg high vocals in the final against FC Schalke 04 Suelz 07 and Borussia Fulda - the West German Vice Champion of the preseason - were the opponents on the way to the final. The " squire " Elf from Schalke brought on 30 April 1933, Duisburg Fortuna Dusseldorf with a 0-1 defeat of the first season defeat at. Even the prominent left wing of the Elf Flinger Broich from Felix Zwolanowski and Stanislaus Kobierski brought on that day no hits against the team of Ernst Kuzorra and Fritz Szepan about. As a West German Vice Champion Fortuna participated in the final round of the German soccer championship 1933. At 9-0 in the second round success against forward - turf sports gambling on the Gleiwitz half links Zwolanowski get four hits. In the quarterfinals, the athletic hurdle was to settle already significantly higher against its managed by the British success coach William Townley team of SV Arminia Hannover. The Elf of the Vienna coach Heinz grains sat in Hanover 3-0 by. In the semifinals Fortuna continued their series of victories without conceding a goal with a 4-0 win against Eintracht Frankfurt in Berlin continued. It was clear that would for the first time a team from West Germany, the German Cup, the Victoria win, because with Schalke was also the second finalist for the final game on June 11, 1933 in Mungerdorferstadion in Cologne fixed. Concede Fortuna had come in the final, after a 3-0 final win Düsseldorf also Concede German masters were in 1933. In the 10th minute Zwolanowski had brought the new champion with a 1-0 lead. Most fights in the finale was the Düsseldorf- lightweight with the right half of Schalke 04, with Otto Tibulski from. At the time of this sporty height of the 21 -year-old Zwolanowski also experienced a profound change in society and thus also in football. On April 28, 1933, the SA man Hans von Tschammer and east got ( the "Reich Sports Leader" June 19 ) transferred the post of " Empire Sports Commissioner ". " A people in physical education " should be Germany, and thus it happened also in the National Socialist sense, the transformation of the bourgeois sports organization began. For the first time in Germany's history of sport has been directed thus on the policy and had lost its independence. For the footballer began Zwolanowski characterized with the round 1933/34, the games in the Gauliga Lower Rhine. Two laps sat VfL Benrath ago by Fortuna. From 1936 to 1940 Felix Zwolanowski celebrated five consecutive championship in the Gauliga Lower Rhine. In 1936 he moved again with his comrades in the final of the German Cup one. With 1:2 gates, the game was lost after extra time against 1 FC Nuremberg. Also in this final was the "Sir" called Zwolanowski in the left connector position in the attack of Fortuna in use. In the season 1936/37, celebrated Zwolanowski and Co in the Cup successes. In the semi-final on December 5, 1937 in front of 10,000 spectators in Hanover Fortuna managed a 5-2 win over Dresdner SC. The Saxons weakened significantly by three restraining orders in the second half. One after it hit Walter yelp, Willibald Kress and Richard Hofmann. The final was only on January 9, 1938 at the Cologne stadium before 72,000 spectators instead. After goalless first half Schalke 04 decided with a double strike in the 46th and 47th minutes of play the game in their favor. The team of coach Karl Flink lost at the end with 1:2 goals. Eight years lined up 1932-1940 from strength to strength on the banner of Fortuna Dusseldorf. Felix Zwolanowski belonged to the indispensable root of the team. In 36 games finals of the German Championship, he scored 10 matches for his Fortuna. After the end of World War 2, the 35 -year-old veteran made in the rebuilding available. In the round of 1946/47, of Fortuna on the Lower Rhine in the group Mountain - Mark managed the championship and thus promotion to the Oberliga West. In the big leagues, he came again from 1947 to 1949 to 14 matches and finished after his playing career. Persistent shoulder injuries had associated them share.
Chosen / soccer team, 1933-1940
Already on July 2, 1933 debuted the 21 -year-old Zwolanowski in the dressing selection from the Lower Rhine in the Game against Rheinhessen / Saar. By 1937 four more vocations were added. It was not until the age of 28 he was appointed by the imperial coach Josef Herberger in the national team. On 15 September 1940 he made his debut during the 2nd World War in the 1-0 win against Slovakia in Bratislava as a right half along with the other newcomer Hermann Eppenhoff in the DFB team. On November 3, 1940, he arrived in Zagreb against Yugoslavia for his second deployment. The squad for the 14 days later held international match on November 17 in Hamburg against Denmark, he belonged to yet, but he did not play, ending his international career.
Coach / Vocational
The ex-national players graduated in 1952 his coach training at the German Sport University in Cologne. Coach stations he held at VfB Kleve, TuS Lintfort, Ratingen, SSV upper Kassel and 04 versts. With TuS Lintfort he succeeded in 1958, the rise in the 2nd League West. Professionally, the passionate hunter was employed at the Düsseldorf Rhine railway.