Josip Scholz

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| name = Josip Šolc

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| fullname = Josip Šolc

| birth_date = {{Birth date|1898|1|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Zagreb, Kingdom of Croatia-Slavonia, Austria-Hungary

| death_date = {{Death date and age|df=yes|1945|9|24|1898|1|30}}{{cite web|url = https://www.hoo.hr/hr/sportasi/biografije-sportasa?filterime=&filterprezime=&idsportas=&filtersport=18&filternatjecanja=&idsportas=20394|title = Josip Scholz|date = 19 May 2017|publisher = Croatian Olympic Committee|access-date = 14 September 2017|archive-date = 15 September 2017|archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20170915023942/https://www.hoo.hr/hr/sportasi/biografije-sportasa?filterime=&filterprezime=&idsportas=&filtersport=18&filternatjecanja=&idsportas=20394|url-status = dead}}

| death_place = Belgrade, FS Serbia, DF Yugoslavia

| position = Midfielder

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| years1= 1917–1928

| clubs1= Concordia Zagreb

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| nationalyears1= 1920–1923

| nationalteam1= Kingdom of SCS

| nationalcaps1= 2 | nationalgoals1 = 0

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Josip Šolc (30 January 1898 – 24 September 1945)[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418103342/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/so/josip-solc-1.html Josip Scholz's profile at Sports Reference.com] was a Croatian soldier and footballer. He competed for the Kingdom of Serbs, Croats and Slovenes at the 1920 Summer Olympics.[https://web.archive.org/web/20121107002724/http://www.fifa.com/worldfootball/statisticsandrecords/players/player=293240/index.html FIFA Player Statistics: Josip SOLC] He was sometimes referred to as Josip Scholz which is the Germanized spelling.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/27981 |title=Josip Scholz |work=Olympedia |access-date=17 August 2021}}

Football career

Born in Zagreb, he played football as midfielder with HŠK Concordia and was known for his good technical skills.[http://www.reprezentacija.rs/index.php/sr/statistika/reprezentativci/1491 Josip Scholz] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150220071334/http://www.reprezentacija.rs/index.php/sr/statistika/reprezentativci/1491 |date=20 February 2015 }} at Reprezentacija.rs {{in lang|sr}}

He made his debut for Yugoslavia in a September 1920 friendly match against Egypt and earned a total of 2 caps, scoring no goals. His second and final international was an October 1923 friendly against Czechoslovakia.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=18751|title=Player Database|accessdate=17 December 2022|website=EU-football}} Besides football he also practiced fencing and was part of the Little Entente team at Bucharest in 1938.

Military career

He finished the Military Academy and was official in the Yugoslav Royal Army between 1919 and 1940. He was a member of the Nazi-backed Croatian Home Guard. Šolc was commander of the Zagreb Garrison Command.Charles D. Pettibone The Organization and Order of Battle of Militaries in World War II 2012 p. 274 "Zagreb Garrison Brigade (Zagrebacki Posadni Zdrug) (07/20/43, HQ Zagreb City Command; 04/01/44, ... Josip Šolc (03/45, Commanding Officer, 1st Assault Division) 08/44 unknown? 12/01/44, reformed 20th Domobran Brigade - see 20th Domobran ..."[http://www.vojska.net/eng/world-war-2/independent-state-of-croatia/organization/1944/ Order of battle of Croatian Home Defense Army] In August 1942 he was awarded the Military Order of the Iron Trefoil 4th Class Cross with Oak Wreath. He was promoted to the rank of infantry general on 22 December 1944.

He was captured by the Yugoslav Partisans in May 1945 and in June was incarcerated in the military prison in Belgrade where he was sentenced to death and executed on 19 September 1945.{{cite web |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War |accessdate=24 July 2018 |work=Sports Reference}}