Franjo Giler

Franjo Giler (1 September 1907 – 20 December 1943) was a Yugoslav footballer. He was part of Yugoslavia's team at the 1928 Summer Olympics.

Club career Born in Sremska Mitrovica, Austro-Hungary (nowadays Serbia), he was known as one of the best left wingers in Yugoslavia in the pre-World War II period. where he becomes Yugoslav First League champion in 1926 and 1928. He made also 2 appearances for the Yugoslavia B team, between 1927 and 1928.

Death During the World War II, as a volksdeutscher, more precisely Croat of German origin, he was mobilised by the German authorities, but he tried to escape and join Yugoslav Partisans in the region of Srem, however he was ultimately captured by the Gestapo and shot dead in Vršac on 20 December 1943.