Pavel Mahrer

Pavel Mahrer

Personal information
Date of birth	(1900-05-23)23 May 1900
Place of birth	Teplice,Bohemia
Date of death	18 December 1985(1985-12-18)(aged 85)
Place of death	United States
Position(s)	Wing half
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Teplitzer FK
1923–1926	DFC Prag
1926–1927	Brooklyn Wanderers	17	(0)
1928–1931	Hakoah All Stars	127	(4)
1932–1933	Teplitzer FK
1933–1936	DFC Prag
International career
1923–1926	Czechoslovakia	6	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Pavel Mahrer(orPaul Mahrer,23 May 1900 – 18 December 1985) was aCzechfootballmidfielderofGerman-Jewishethnicity who played at the1924 Summer Olympics.Bank clerk and merchant by occupation, Mahrer played professionally in Czechoslovakia and the United States.

Club career

Mahrer began his career with Teplitzer FK. In 1923, he joinedDFC Pragbefore moving to the United States in 1926 to sign with theBrooklyn Wanderersof theAmerican Soccer League.He returned to Czechoslovakia after the season, but was back in the United States in December 1928. At that time, he joined theHakoah All Starsin theEastern Professional Soccer League.In 1929, Hakoah moved to the American Soccer League, where Mahrer played until the fall of 1931. In 1932, he returned to Czechoslovakia to sign withTeplitzer FK.In 1933, he moved to DFC Prag, where he finished his career in 1936. After the German occupation of the Sudetenland, he was imprisoned at theTheresienstadt concentration campon account of his Jewish ethnicity. He survived World War II and died in 1985 in the United States.

International

Mahrer earned sixcapswith theCzechoslovakia national football teambetween 1923 and 1926. In 1924, he played two games for theCzechoslovak Olympic football teamat the1924 Summer Olympics.

External links

• Pavel Mahrer–FIFAcompetition record (archived)
• Pavel MahreratFAČR(in Czech)
• Jose, Colin (1998).American Soccer League, 1921-1931(Hardback). The Scarecrow Press.ISBN0-8108-3429-4.().