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He participated in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, where Poland finished fourth, playing in games against Hungary (3-0) and Great Britain (5-4).
He participated in the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin, where Poland finished fourth, playing in games against Hungary (3-0) and Great Britain (5-4).
Scherfke"s native city in the Provinz Posen saw a Polish uprising in late 1918, and by the Treaty of Versailles became officially part of the Second Polish Republic in 1920 when he was 10. He spent most of his career in Warta Poznań, which was one of the best teams of the Polish Soccer League in the 1920s and 1930s, winning the league in 1929 and finishing second in 1938. Scherfke also played 12 games for the Polish national team, scoring 2 goals.
Poland lost 5-6 and Scherfke netted on the penalty kick in the 23rd minute.
During the Second World War, as Volksdeutscher (ethnic German), he was called up to the Wehrmacht. In February 1940 he became director of the football section in the administration of the new region Reichsgau Wartheland.
After two months he was replaced by an officer of the Wehrmacht. Also in February 1940 he became president and captain of the new German club 1.
Football Club Posen. In this position he managed to protect some former soccer team mates from persecution by the Nazis.
When the 1. Football Club Posen came under the control of the Luftwaffe and changed its name to Luftwaffen Sportverein Posen in October 1940 Scherfke left the club and ended his career as football player at the age of 31. In 1942 he informed his Polish friends that he could not help them any more, he felt himself observed by the Gestapo.
In 1943 he was commanded to the Eastern Front, and later to Yugoslavia.
Wounded in January 1945 in Yugoslavia, at the end of the war he was captured as Prisoner Of War by British soldiers. He was released on 25 July 1945 and found a new home in West Berlin, where he opened a furniture store. In early 1980s, he sold the store and moved to Eschborn near Frankfurt am Main.
Scherfke died in the hospital of Bad Soden in the region of Frankfurt.