Adolf Urban (9 January 1914 – 23 May 1943) was a German footballer. Urban, a forward, played for Schalke 04, among others, and made 21 appearances for Germany between 1935 and 1941, scoring 11 goals. He was also part of Germany's squad at the 1936 Summer Olympics. Urban was the son of Polish immigrants (see Ruhrpolen), who came to the Ruhr area from Olsztyn, which was located within the Prussian Partition of Poland since the First Partition of Poland. In the Second World War Urban was mobilised with the Wehrmacht in which he served in the 422nd Infantry Regiment on the Eastern Front in Russia, fighting at the battle of Demyansk. He later died in 1943 in Staraya Russa, from wounds received in further fighting. He was the only member of the Breslau Eleven to die in combat. His body was buried in the Karpovo Military Cemetery but was later repatriated and reburied in November 2013 in Schalke cemetery in Gelsenkirchen. References External links 1914 births 1943 deaths German footballers Germany international footballers German people of Polish descent Olympic footballers of Germany Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Association football forwards FC Schalke 04 players German Army personnel killed in World War II German Army personnel of World War II Sportspeople from Gelsenkirchen Footballers from North Rhine-Westphalia