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Polish footballer (1914–1988)

Erwin Nyc
Personal information
Full name Erwin Peter Nytz
Date of birth (1914-05-24)24 May 1914
Place of birth Kattowitz (Katowice), German Empire
(now Poland)
Date of death 1 May 1988(1988-05-01) (aged 73)
Place of death Piekary Śląskie, Poland
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1929–1935 Pogoń Katowice
1935–1939 Polonia Warsaw
1939 1. FC Katowice
1940–1941 LSV Markersdorf
1942–1943 LSV Furstenwalde
1945–1947 Pogoń Katowice
International career
1937–1939 Poland 11 (0)
Managerial career
Raków Częstochowa
CKS Częstochowa
Siemianowiczanka Siemianowice
Polonia Piekary Śląskie
Górnik Wojkowice
GKS Świętochłowice
AKS Chorzów
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Erwin Peter Nytz or Edward Piotr Nyc (24 May 1914 – 1 May 1988) was a Polish footballer who played as a midfielder.

Nytz was born 24 May 1914 in Kattowitz (Katowice), German Empire (now Poland). In the late 1930s, Nyc played for Polonia Warsaw, and also represented the Poland national football team. He participated in one of the highest scoring matches in the FIFA World Cup history, a 5–6 loss to Brazil on 5 June 1938 in Strasbourg during the 1938 FIFA World Cup.

During the Second World War, Nyc returned to Upper Silesia, where for a while he played for a German minority team 1. FC Katowice. Called up to the German Army, he continued his career in the military teams of the Luftwaffe and the garrison of Berlin.

After the war, Nyc, unlike many of his fellow Silesian-German soccer players, remained in his homeland under Communist Poland. Initially, he had many problems with the Communist government, which regarded him as a traitor. However, a group of players from Kraków and Warsaw claimed that he had never betrayed Poland and had actively supported Polish underground organizations.

Name

Born Erwin Nytz, after the restoration of Poland's sovereignty he changed his last name back to its Polish version. During the Second World War his last name was again germanized. After the war, this change was annulled.

See also

References

  1. "Erwin Nyc". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
Poland squad – 1938 FIFA World Cup
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