Ludwik Gintel

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

Ludwik Gintel
Personal information
Date of birth (1899-09-26)26 September 1899
Place of birth Kraków, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 11 July 1973(1973-07-11) (aged 73)
Place of death Tel Aviv, Israel
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Playing position(s) Right-back, forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1916–1930 KS Cracovia
National team
1921–? Poland 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Early and personal life

Gintel was born Kraków. He was Jewish.[2] He worked as an architect and bank clerk.[3]

Football career

Gintel began his football career playing for the Jewish Sports Association Jutrzenka Kraków.[3] He then played 328 games for KS Cracovia,[4] 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.[2]

He was also capped 12 times for the Poland national football team, making 8 official appearances.[3] Included among his appearances for the team was in their first-ever Olympic appearance at the 1924 Olympic Games.[3]

After football career

After the World War II broke out, he emigrated to Palestine.[3] He died in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1973.[3]

See also

References
  1. Ludwik Gintel
  2. Jews and the Sporting Life: Studies in Contemporary Jewry XXIII
  3. Archiwum ofiar terroru nazistowskiego i komunistycznego w Krakowie 1939 - 1956
  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.CS1 maint: location (link)
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