Franjo Glaser
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | January 13, 1913 | ||
| Place of birth | Osijek, Austro-Hungary | ||
| Date of death | March 1, 2003 (aged 90) | ||
| Place of death | Zagreb, Croatia | ||
| Playing position | Goalkeeper | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1929–1930 | Hajduk Sarajevo | ||
| 1930–1933 | Slavija Osijek | ||
| 1933–1937 | BSK Belgrade | ||
| 1937–1945 | Građanski Zagreb | ||
| 1945–1947 | Partizan | ||
| 1947–1949 | Mornar Split | ||
| National team | |||
| 1933–1940 | Yugoslavia | 35 | (0) |
| 1940–1944 | Croatia | 11 | (0) |
| Teams managed | |||
| 1945 | Partizan | ||
| 1947–1948 | NK Rijeka | ||
| 1948–1949 | Mornar Split | ||
| 1949–1950 | NK Rijeka | ||
| 1954–1956 | NK Rijeka | ||
| NK Osijek | |||
| 1968–1970 | NK Zagreb | ||
| – | FK Borac Banja Luka | ||
| – | FK Sloga Doboj | ||
| – | NK Trešnjevka Zagreb | ||
| – | FK Rudar Breza | ||
| – | NK Bratstvo Novi Travnik | ||
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. |
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Franjo Glaser (surname sometimes written Glazer; 13 January 1913 – 1 March 2003) was a Croatian football goalkeeper and football manager. He is the only Yugoslav footballer who won national titles before and after the Second World War, with three clubs BSK Belgrade, Građanski Zagreb and FK Partizan.
Glaser was born in Osijek. He started playing for SK Hajduk Sarajevo having debuted for their first team being only 15. In 1930 he moved to NK Slavija Osijek where he will play until 1933 when he moved to BSK Belgrade. With BSK he made immediate impact becoming clubs main goalkeeper, and already that year he became national team player, as well. He played with BSK between 1933 and 1937 winning the Yugoslav championship on two occasions, in 1935 and 1936, and playing a total of 269 matches with the club.
In summer 1936 he was considered guilty by the court in Belgrade of the drowning of one boy in the Sava river resort. The episode affected Glaser and ended up being decisive for his decision to move to another giant of Yugoslav football, Zagreb´s HŠK Građanski. Fortunately there he acquired almost a legendary status. He restored his place as the national team main goalkeeper, and with Građanski he will win another Yugoslav championship in 1940 as well as the Croatian championship in 1943. He played a total of 623 games for Građanski.
After the end of the Second World War, FPR Yugoslavia was formed, he signed with Partizan Belgrade where he won another Yugoslav title in 1947. After that season, he became simultaneously coach and goalkeeper of NK Mornar Split, where he will stay until 1949.
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