Fryderyk Scherfke
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | September 7, 1909 | ||
| Place of birth | Posen (Poznań), German Empire | ||
| Date of death | September 15, 1983 (aged 74) | ||
| Place of death | Bad Soden, Germany | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Warta Poznań | |||
| National team | |||
| Poland | 12 | (2) | |
| * Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. | |||
Friedrich Egon (Fritz) Scherfke, (Polish: Fryderyk Egon "Fryc" Scherfke or Szerfke; September 7, 1909 in Posen (Poznań), German Empire - September 15, 1983 in Bad Soden, Germany) was an ethnic German who became an interwar soccer midfield player for the Polish national football team.
Scherfke's native city in the Provinz Posen saw a Polish uprising in late 1918, and by the Treaty of Versailles became officially part of the Second Polish Republic in 1920 when he was 10. He spent most of his career in Warta Poznań, which was one of the best teams of the Polish Soccer League in the 1920s and 1930s, winning the league in 1929 and finishing second in 1938. Scherfke also played 12 games for the Polish national team, scoring 2 goals. His debut occurred on October 2, 1932 in a 2-1 win against Latvia. He participated in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, where Poland finished fourth, playing in games against Hungary (3-0) and Great Britain (5-4). On June 5, 1938 he also scored the first goal for Poland in the 1938 FIFA World Cup, playing against Brazil in Strasbourg, France. Poland lost 5-6 and Scherfke netted on the penalty kick in the 23rd minute.
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