Walt Zakaluznyj

Walter Zakaluznyj (Ukrainian: Володимир Закалюжний) (May 2, 1925 – September 1, 2013) was a Canadian international soccer player who earned two caps for the national team in 1957.[2]

Walt Zakaluznyj
Personal information
Full name Walter Zakaluznyj
Date of birth (1925-05-02)May 2, 1925
Place of birth Przemyśl, Poland
Date of death September 1, 2013(2013-09-01) (aged 88)
Place of death Toronto, Canada
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1944 Sian Przemyśl
1946–1947 Ukraina Ulm
1946–1947 Phönix Karlsruhe[1] 5 (0)
1947 Dnister Zuffenhausen
1948 Sitch Regensburg
1949–1950 Jahn Regensburg 15 (5)
1950–1951 Schwaben Augsburg 20 (1)
1951–1955 Toronto Ukrainians
1955–1956 Rochester Ukrainians
1956–1957 Toronto Tridents
1957–1960 Toronto Ukrainians
1960–1961 Montreal Ukrainians
National team
1957 Canada 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

He made his professional debut for Sian Przemyśl. After World War II, Zakaluznyj moved to West Germany where he lived in a displaced persons camp from 1945 to 1950. He played soccer for a number of teams in Germany such as Ukraina Ulm, Phönix Karlsruhe, Dnister Zuffenhausen, Sitch Regensburg, Jahn Regensburg and Schwaben Augsburg.[3]

As a Ukrainian immigrant to Canada,[4] Zakaluznyj played for a number of soccer teams in North America, including the Toronto Ukrainians, the Rochester Ukrainians, the Toronto Tridents, and the Montreal Ukrainians.[5][6]

Zakaluznyj died on September 1, 2013 from natural causes.[7]

References
  1. Werner Skrentny: Als Morlock noch den Mondschein traf, Kassel 2001, p. 206
  2. Canadian Soccer Association profile
  3. (in Russian) Representation without Country
  4. (in Ukrainian) Football Federation of Ukraine profile
  5. (in Ukrainian) Ukrainian Soccer Diaspora
  6. Jose, Colin (2001). On-Side - 125 Years of Soccer in Ontario. Vaughan, Ontario: Ontario Soccer Association and Soccer Hall of Fame and Museum. p. 242.
  7. Liew, Jamie (September 23, 2013). "Lives Lived: Walter (Volodya) Zakaluzny, 88". The Globe and Mail. Retrieved 2020-03-26.
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