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Polish footballer (1899–1973)

Ludwik Gintel
Gintel in 1922
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)
Position(s) Right-back, forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1911–1916 Jutrzenka Kraków
1916–1930 Cracovia
International career
1921–1925 Poland 8 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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

Early and personal life

Gintel was born Kraków. He was Jewish. He worked as an architect and bank clerk.

Football career

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

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

After football career

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

Honours

Cracovia

Individual

See also

References

  1. "Ludwik Gintel - Stats - titles won". www.footballdatabase.eu.
  2. "Ludwik Gintel". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ^ Mendelsohn, Ezra (2009). Jews and the Sporting Life: Studies in Contemporary Jewry XXIII. Oxford University Press. ISBN 9780190452384 – via Google Books.
  4. ^ "Archiwum ofiar terroru nazistowskiego i komunistycznego w Krakowie 1939 - 1956". www.krakowianie1939-56.mhk.pl.
  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.
  6. "Poland Final Tables (1st and 2nd level)". rsssf.org. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  7. "Liga 1930". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  8. "Ludwik Gintel (1899-1973)". gwzkrakow.pl (in Polish). 26 September 2021. Retrieved 8 August 2024.
Ekstraklasa top scorers
Poland football squad – 1924 Summer Olympics
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