Hryhoriy Nosko (Ukrainian: Григорій Михайлович Носко, Russian: Григорий Михайлович Носко; 16 December 1910 in Ivanivka,

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— 20 January 1980 in Kiliya,

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) was a

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footballer who represented FC Dzerzhynets Voroshylovgrad as a

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and became a champion of

in 1938.

Biography

Hryhoriy Nosko was born in 1910 in the town of Ivanivka,

, Yekaterinoslav Governorate,

(now

Luhansk Oblast Luhansk Oblast ( uk, Луга́нська о́бласть, translit=Luhanska oblast; russian: Луганская область, translit=Luganskaya oblast; also referred to as Luhanshchyna, uk, Луга́нщина) is the easternmost oblast ...

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). He lived in the city of Luhansk. Having graduated from a machine-building college, he worked at the Locomotive works. He was married and had two children. His son was Leonid Nosko (Ukrainian: Леонід Григорович Носко, Russian: Леонид Григорьевич Носко). His daughter was Lidiya Nosko (Ukrainian: Лідія Григорівна Носко, Russian: Лидия Григорьевна Носко). Hryhoriy Nosko participated in the German-Soviet War. During 1945–1949 he did military service in various military bases of the

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. Later he moved to the city of Kiliya. Hryhoriy Nosko died in 1980. He was buried in Kiliya.

Football career

Hryhoriy Nosko was the captain of the machine-building college team. In 1930 his team won the town championship. After graduation, he continued to play in the team of the Locomotive works. In 1936 he became a first-string player of FC Dzerzhynets. During 1936–1940 he participated in more than 50 games of the championships of

and the

. In 1937 and 1939 he was the captain of FC Dzerzhynets. In 1937 FC Dzerzhynets reached the 1/16 final of the

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. In 1938 it won the Soviet Ukraine Championship. In 1939 it reached the 1/16 final of the

and got the 16th place in the group «B» of the Soviet Top League.

German-Soviet War

After the German-Soviet War began in 1941, Hryhoriy Nosko was called up for military service in the

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. In the rank of lieutenant, he was the commander of the 139th mobile tank-repairing unit of the 32nd motorized rifle regiment of the 18th

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. He fought at the Stalingrad Front, Southwestern Front,

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and

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. For providing efficient operations to repair

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s, he was decorated with the

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in 1943 and the

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of the 2nd class in 1945.

Sources

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