Walter Zakaluzny
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Wolodymyr Zakaluzny[1] | ||
Date of birth | May 2, 1925 | ||
Place of birth | Przemyśl, Poland | ||
Date of death | September 1, 2013 | (aged 88)||
Place of death | Toronto, Canada | ||
Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1] | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1944 | Sian Przemyśl | ||
1946–1947 | Ukraina Ulm | ||
1946–1947 | Phönix Karlsruhe[2] | 5 | (0) |
1947 | Dnister Zuffenhausen | ||
1948 | Sitch Regensburg | ||
1949–1950 | Jahn Regensburg | 15 | (5) |
1950–1951 | Schwaben Augsburg | 20 | (1) |
1951–1955 | Toronto Ukrainians | ||
1955–1956 | Rochester Ukrainians | ||
1956–1957 | Toronto Tridents | ||
1957–1960 | Toronto Ukrainians | ||
1960–1961 | Montreal Ukrainians | ||
International career | |||
1957 | Canada | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Wolodymyr "Walter" Zakaluzny (May 2, 1925 – September 1, 2013) was a Canadian international soccer player who earned two caps for the national team in 1957.[1]
He made his professional debut for Sian Przemyśl. After World War II, Zakaluzny moved to West Germany where he lived in a displaced persons camp from 1945 to 1950. He played soccer for a number of teams in Germany such as Ukraina Ulm, Phönix Karlsruhe, Dnister Zuffenhausen, Sitch Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg and Schwaben Augsburg.[3]
As a Ukrainian immigrant to Canada,[4] Zakaluzny played for a number of soccer teams in North America, including the Toronto Ukrainians, the Rochester Ukrainians, the Toronto Tridents, and the Montreal Ukrainians.[5][6]
Zakaluzny died on September 1, 2013, from natural causes.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c "Profile".
- ^ Werner Skrentny: Als Morlock noch den Mondschein traf, Kassel 2001, p. 206
- ^ ""Сборная без страны" (украинский эмигрантский футбол) - футбольные статьи". legioner.kulichki.com.
- ^ "Football Federation of Ukraine profile".
- ^ "Українська футбольна діаспора". СПОРТ.UA.
- ^ Jose, Colin (2001). On-Side - 125 Years of Soccer in Ontario. Vaughan, Ontario: Ontario Soccer Association and Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum. p. 242.
- ^ Liew, Jamie (September 23, 2013). "Lives Lived: Walter (Volodya) Zakaluzny, 88". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
- Ukrainian men's footballers
- Canadian men's soccer players
- Canadian expatriate men's soccer players
- Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States
- Canadian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Canada men's international soccer players
- Ukrainian emigrants to Canada
- Canadian National Soccer League players
- Men's association football midfielders
- 1925 births
- 2013 deaths
- Sportspeople from Przemyśl
- People from Lwów Voivodeship
- Footballers from Podkarpackie Voivodeship
- SSV Jahn Regensburg players
- Karlsruher SC players
- Sian Przemyśl players
- TSV Schwaben Augsburg players
- Toronto Ukrainians players
- Rochester Ukrainians players
- Toronto Tridents players
- Montreal Ukrainians players
- Canadian soccer biography stubs