Leon Sperling

Leon Sperling
Personal information
Date of birth August 7, 1900
Place of birth Kraków, Poland
Date of death December 15, 1941(1941-12-15) (aged 41)
Place of death Lemberg Ghetto, Ukraine; killed by the Germans
Height 5-4.5 (165 cm)
Playing position Forward
National team
 Poland 16

Leon Sperling (August 7, 1900 – December 15, 1941) was a Polish Jewish Olympic footballer.[1][2]

Sperling was born in Kraków, and was Jewish.[3] He was a football forward, playing on the left wing. Sperling represented Cracovia,[4] the team he led in 1921, 1930, and 1932 to the Championship of Poland.[5] He also played in 16 games for the Polish National Team,[6] including Poland's lone game at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games.[7][8][9] He was regarded as a highly skilled dribbler. Sperling is one of Cracovia Kraków's legends.

Pogrom in the Lwów Ghetto in 1941, where Sperling was killed.

Sperling was shot to death by the Nazis in the Lwów Ghetto in December 1941.[9][10][2][11] His Jewish teammate, Józef Klotz, was also killed in the Holocaust.[2]

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References

  1. ↑ "Тридцать лучших еврейских футболистов в мире за всю историю футбола". Archived from the original on 2014-03-02. Retrieved 2014-08-22.
  2. 1 2 3 Who Betrayed the Jews?: The Realities of Nazi Persecution in the Holocaust - Agnes Grunwald-Spier
  3. ↑ Jewish Life in Cracow 1918-1939 - Sean Martin
  4. ↑ Ezra Mendelsohn (2009). Jews and the Sporting Life: Studies in Contemporary Jewry XXIII. pg 17: Oxford University Press US. p. 384. ISBN 0-19-538291-9.
  5. ↑ "Football and Murder: The Deadly Game"
  6. ↑ Jews and the Sporting Life: Studies in Contemporary Jewry XXIII
  7. ↑ Leon Sperling
  8. ↑ The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics, and the Games
  9. 1 2 Leon Sperling Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com
  10. ↑ Kay Schaffer & Sidonie Smith (2000). The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics, and the Games. pg 61: Rutgers University Press. p. 318. ISBN 0-8135-2820-8.
  11. ↑ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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