__NOTOC__ Fritz Pliska (20 December 1915 – 28 August 1995) was a German

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

and coach in the

German Bundesliga The Bundesliga (; ), sometimes referred to as the Fußball-Bundesliga () or 1. Bundesliga (), is a professional association football league in Germany. At the top of the German football league system, the Bundesliga is Germany's primary footbal ...

and in the Dutch Eredivisie. During World War II, he served as an army soldier in the Wehrmacht and was a recipient of the

Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross The Knight's Cross of the Iron Cross (german: Ritterkreuz des Eisernen Kreuzes), or simply the Knight's Cross (), and its variants, were the highest awards in the military and paramilitary forces of Nazi Germany during World War II. The Knight' ...

Awards

* German Cross in Gold on 22 February 1942 as '' Oberfeldwebel'' in the 3./Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon *

on 26 March 1944 as '' Oberfeldwebel'' and '' Zugführer'' (platoon leader) in the 3./Panzer-Pionier-Bataillon 19Scherzer 2007, p. 598.

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