Erwin Schricker

Erich Erwin Schricker, called "Winnie", (22 August 1878 – 20 October 1914) was a German footballer who played as defender in the 1890s and early 1900s.

Erwin Schricker
Personal information
Full name Erich Erwin Schricker
Date of birth (1878-08-22)22 August 1878
Place of birth Strasbourg, Germany
Date of death 20 August 1914(1914-08-20) (aged 35)
Position(s) Defender
Youth career
Straßburger FV
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1894–1895 Karlsruher FV
1895–1896 FC Basel [note League 1]
1896–1903 Straßburger FV
1903–1906 Karlsruher FV
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Football career

Erwin Schricker was son of a privy councilor in Strasbourg, which at that time belonged to the German Empire. He came from a middle-class background and played his youth football together with his elder brother Ivo Schricker with local team Straßburger FV. During the summer of 1894 both brothers moved as a high school students to Karlsruhe. Here they joined and played for Karlsruher FV, where they met Walter Bensemann, the great pioneer of German and European football.[1]

During Basel's 1895–96 season both brothers played two games for FC Basel. The first game they played was the home game on 1 December 1895 as Basel played a 2–2 draw with FC Excelsior Zürich. Joan Gamper was teammate in that game.[2] The second game they played with Basel was on 8 March 1896 as Basel were defeated 1–3 by Grasshopper Club.[3] Both Schricker's played only these two games for Basel, without scoring a goal.[note Scorers 1][4][5]

Following their time with Basel both returned to their club of origin Straßburger FV and later both again moved back to Karlsruher FV. Erwin Schricker was killed in action during World War One. Ivo Schricker became football fonctionnaire and later was the third General Secretary of FIFA (1932–1951).

Notes

Footnotes
  1. League: up until 1898 there was no league football in Switzerland.
  1. Scorers: many pre-First World War game sheets no longer exist or are incomplete and so, many line ups and most goal scorers in this period remain unknown.

References
  1. Photo of 1895 Karlsruher Kickers, Ivo Schricker sitting on the left and next to him his brother Erwin, in Ernst Otto Bräunche: Sport in Karlsruhe: Von den Anfängen bis heute ISBN 3-88190-440-9
  2. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Basel - FC Excelsior Zürich 2:2 (2:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  3. "Grasshopper Club - FC Basel 1:3 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  4. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Erwin Schricker - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  5. Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Ivo Schricker - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

Sources
  • Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG. ISBN 978-3-7245-2189-1
  • Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel. ISBN 978-3-7245-2305-5
  • Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage
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