{{short description|Polish ice hockey player}} {{Infobox person | name = Albert Mauer | image = Albert Mauer.jpg | alt = A black and white photo of a young man looking away from the camera and wearing a Polish national ice hockey team sweater | caption = Albert Mauer | birth_date = {{birth date|1907|02|12|df=y}} | birth_place = Peuerbach, Austria-Hungary | death_date = {{death date and age|1999|05|10|1907|02|12|df=y}} | death_place = Bytom, Poland | education = | occupation = | relatives = | spouse = Eugenia Józefa Konopacka | children = 2 | module = {{Infobox football biography |embed = yes |position = Defender |years1 = 1921–1931 |clubs1 = Pogoń Lwów |caps1 = 83 |goals1 = }} | module2 = {{Infobox ice hockey biography | embed = yes | halloffame = | height_cm = 170 | weight_kg = 68 | position = Defenseman | shoots = | catches = | league = | former_teams = | played_for = Poland national team (1928–1932) | coached_for = | ntl_team = Poland | medaltemplates= | show-medals = }} | module3 = {{Infobox military person | embed = yes | allegiance = Poland | branch = | unit = | rank = | battles = World War II }}}} '''Albert Mauer''' (12 February 1907 – 10 May 1999) was a Polish football and ice hockey player who competed in the 1932 Winter Olympics.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference |title=Alfred Mauer |url=http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/alfred-mauer-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20161203140120/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ma/alfred-mauer-1.html |archive-date=3 December 2016}}</ref><ref name=olimpijski>{{cite web |title=MAUER ALBERT (1907-1999) |url=http://www.pkol.pl/pl/subpages/displayfid/294_1373.html |website=pkol.pl |language=pl |publisher=Polski Komitet Olimpijski |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100203122043/http://www.pkol.pl/pl/subpages/displayfid/294_1373.html |archive-date=3 February 2010}}</ref><ref name=stats>{{icehockeystats}}</ref><ref name=pkol>{{PKOl profile|albert-mauer|old_id=1464,mauer-albert|archive=20200330041358}}</ref> After returning from forced labour in 1947, he was a tennis, hockey, and football coach for teams including Polonia Bytom, Start Katowice, Górnik Katowice, KS Baildon Katowice, and Chemik Kędzierzyn.<ref name=olimpijski/><ref name=pkol/>
==Biography== Mauer was initially a footballer, playing for Pogoń Lwów youth and regular teams. He later began to focus on ice hockey, representing the Polish national team 14 times. In 1932, he was part of the team that finished fourth in the Olympic tournament. He played one match.<ref>{{Olympics.com profile|albert-mauer|oc_archive=20200330041347|org_archive=20200330041346}}</ref><ref name=stats/><ref name=olimpijski/> During World War II, he was sent by Nazis to forced labour in Austria and was only permitted to return to Poland in 1947. From there, he focused on coaching tennis, hockey, and football.<ref name=olimpijski/>
==Honours== ===Football=== '''Polonia Lwów''' * Polish Football Championship: 1925<ref>{{cite web |title=Albert Mauer (1907-1999) |url=https://olimpijski.pl/olimpijczycy/albert-mauer/ |website=olimpijski.pl |access-date=22 November 2024 |language=pl}}</ref>
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