Hryhoriy Nosko

Hryhoriy Nosko
Personal information
Full name Hryhoriy Mykhailovych Nosko
Date of birth (1910-12-16)16 December 1910
Place of birth Ivanivka, Slavo-Serbia,
Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire
Date of death (1980-01-20)20 January 1980
Place of death Kiliya, Odessa Oblast, Soviet Ukraine
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1936–1940 Dzerzhynets Voroshylovgrad
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hryhoriy Nosko (Ukrainian: Григорій Михайлович Носко, Russian: Григорий Михайлович Носко; 16 December 1910 — 20 January 1980) was a Soviet footballer who represented FC Dzerzhynets Voroshylovgrad as a midfielder and became a champion of Soviet Ukraine in 1938.

Biography

Hryhoriy Nosko was born in 1910 in the town of Ivanivka, Slavo-Serbia, Yekaterinoslav Governorate, Russian Empire (now Luhansk Oblast, Ukraine). He lived in the city of Luhansk. Having graduated from a machine-building college, he worked at the Locomotive works. He was married and had two children. His son was Leonid Nosko (Ukrainian: Леонід Григорович Носко, Russian: Леонид Григорьевич Носко). His daughter was Lidiya Nosko (Ukrainian: Лідія Григорівна Носко, Russian: Лидия Григорьевна Носко). Hryhoriy Nosko participated in the German-Soviet War. During 1945–1949 he did military service in various military bases of the Soviet Union. Later he moved to the city of Kiliya. Hryhoriy Nosko died in 1980. He was buried in Kiliya.[1][2][3]

Football career

Hryhoriy Nosko was the captain of the machine-building college team. In 1930 his team won the town championship.[4] After graduation, he continued to play in the team of the Locomotive works. In 1936 he became a first-string player of FC Dzerzhynets. During 1936–1940 he participated in more than 50 games of the championships of Soviet Ukraine and the Soviet Union. In 1937 and 1939 he was the captain of FC Dzerzhynets.[5]

In 1937 FC Dzerzhynets reached the 1/16 final of the Soviet Cup. In 1938 it won the Soviet Ukraine Championship. In 1939 it reached the 1/16 final of the Soviet Cup and got the 16th place in the group «B» of the Soviet Top League.[6][7]

German-Soviet War

After the German-Soviet War began in 1941, Hryhoriy Nosko was called up for military service in the Red Army. In the rank of lieutenant, he was the commander of the 139th mobile tank-repairing unit of the 32nd motorized rifle regiment of the 18th tank corps. He fought at the Stalingrad Front, Southwestern Front, Steppe Front, 2nd Ukrainian Front and 3rd Ukrainian Front. For providing efficient operations to repair military vehicles, he was decorated with the Order of the Red Star in 1943 and the Order of the Patriotic War of the 2nd class in 1945.[8][9][10]

Sources

  1. ^ "Nosko Hryhoriy Mikhailovich Biography" (in Russian). FC Zarya Luhansk. History and statistics. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  2. ^ "Captain of the First Champions of Ukraine" (in Russian). Official site of FC Zarya Luhansk. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  3. ^ Kramaruk, V. "Captain of the First Champions of Ukraine", Vecherniy Luhansk, Luhansk, 2013, No. 13 (636), p. 18. (in Russian)
  4. ^ "From History of Birth of Football in Luhansk Region" (in Russian). History of Ukrainian Soccer. Archived from the original on 1 February 2016. Retrieved 21 April 2014.
  5. ^ Shkirov, Yulian (2008). Epoch of Luhansk Football, p. 8, 10, 11, 13, 14, 17, 21, 24, 507, 593, 681, 690. Publishing House «Maxim», Luhansk. (in Russian)
  6. ^ Koshel, Yuriy (1993). Football in USSR, p. 16–41. Publishing House «Luch-1», Moscow. ISBN 5-900612-02-3. (in Russian)
  7. ^ "History of Football in Luhansk Region" (in Ukrainian). Official site of Football Federation of Ukraine. Archived from the original on 14 October 2012. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  8. ^ "Wars Finish, Football Never Finishes" (in Russian). FC Zarya Luhansk. History and statistics. Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  9. ^ "Citation of the Order of the Red Star" (in Russian). Electronic repository of documents «People's Feat in Great Patriotic War 1941–1945». Retrieved 19 November 2012.
  10. ^ "Citation of the Order of the Patriotic War" (in Russian). Electronic repository of documents «People's Feat in Great Patriotic War 1941–1945». Retrieved 19 November 2012.