Frank Bartkus

{{short description|American soccer player}}

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| name = Frank Bartkus

| fullname = Francis Anthony Bartkus

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1915|11|11}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|1986|9|2|1915|11|11}}

| death_place = Merrick, New York, United States

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| position = Goalkeeper

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| clubs1 = Brooklyn German Sport Club

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| nationalyears1 = 1936

| nationalteam1 = United States

| nationalcaps1 = 1

| nationalgoals1 = 0

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Francis Anthony Bartkus (November 11, 1915 – September 2, 1986) was a U.S. soccer goalkeeper who was a member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1936 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27694 |title=Frank Bartkus |work=Olympedia |access-date=September 23, 2021}}

Bartkus was selected as a member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1936 Olympic Games. He played in the only U.S. game of the tournament, a 1–0 loss to Italy.[https://web.archive.org/web/20080622193505/http://fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=292118/index.html FIFA Player Profile] At the time, he played for the Brooklyn German Sports Club of the German American Soccer League. German S.C. won the 1936 National Amateur Cup.