Maksimilijan Mihelčič

Who was Maksimilijan Mihelčič?

Maksimilijan "Maks" Mihelčič was a Slovenian football goalkeeper who represented the national team of the Kingdom of Yugoslavia at the 1928 Summer Olympics. One of the leading keepers in Yugoslavia in the first half of the 20th century. Maks was very flexible and brave keeper with good reflexes and elasticity. He had also solid positioning on the line, good strength and agility. He began to play in the Ljubljana ŽŠK Hermes, and is celebrated on the goal HŠK Građanski Zagreb in whose jersey has won state championships 1926 and 1928. As keeper of the Civil, succeeded in the club and the team celebrated Dragutin "Karlek" Friedrich, and with Vrđuka, was the third major Yugoslav national team goalkeeper to 1930 year. That year he skipped the first World Cup in Uruguay due to political issues. When in 1934 he left Građanski, defended the goal Spartak club in Zagreb appointees Power Station. Like other Slovenian footballer after Stanko Tavčar, he was a member of the Yugoslav national team, with whom he performed at the 1928 Summer Olympics, was scheduled for presentation at the World Cup 1930, where they appeared to conflict only Serbian football clubs.