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Ludwik Gintel

Ludwik Gintel

Polish footballer (1899–1973)

Ludwik Gintel (Hebrew: לודוויק גינטל; 26 September 1899 – 11 July 1973) was a Polish Olympic footballer.[1][2]

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Early and personal life

Gintel was born Kraków. He was Jewish.[3] He worked as an architect and bank clerk.[4]

Football career

Gintel began his football career playing for the Jewish Sports Association Jutrzenka Kraków.[4] He then played 328 games for KS Cracovia,[5] until 1931, as a right-back (later forward). With KS Cracovia, he was twice the champion of Poland (1921 and 1930). In 1928, he was Poland's top scorer.[3]

He was also capped 12 times for the Poland national team, making eight official appearances.[4] Included among his appearances for the team was in their first-ever Olympic appearance at the 1924 Olympic Games.[4]

After football career

After the World War II broke out, he emigrated to Palestine.[4] He died in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1973.[4]

See also

References

  1. [1]
    "Ludwik Gintel - Stats - titles won". www.footballdatabase.eu.
  2. [2]
    "Ludwik Gintel". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. [3]
    Mendelsohn, Ezra (2009). Jews and the Sporting Life: Studies in Contemporary Jewry XXIII. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190452384 – via Google Books.
  4. [4]
    "Archiwum ofiar terroru nazistowskiego i komunistycznego w Krakowie 1939 - 1956". www.krakowianie1939-56.mhk.pl.
  5. [5]
    Ezra Mendelsohn (2009). Jews and the Sporting Life: Studies in Contemporary Jewry XXIII. Oxford University Press US. p. 384. ISBN 978-0-19-538291-4.
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