Aron Pollitz Explained

Aron Pollitz
Birth Date:11 February 1896
Birth Place:Basel, Switzerland
Death Place:Switzerland
Position:Defender
Years1:1915–1924
Years2:1924–1927
Years3:1927–1928
Nationalyears1:1920–1925
Nationalcaps1:23
Nationalgoals1:0

Aron Pollitz (11 February 1896 – 13 November 1977) was a Swiss football (soccer) player who competed in the 1924 Summer Olympics.[1]

Career

After playing for BSC Old Boys from 1915 to 1924, Pollitz went to France to play for US Suisse Paris. On 13 March 1927, Pollitz accidentally kicked the goalkeeper Georges Le Bidois, aged 26, at his carotid, the incident led to the goalkeeper's sudden death.[2] [3] Consequently, Pollitz left France back to his former club where he played for one year before retirement.[4]

Pollitz had 23 caps with Switzerland from 1920 to 1925. He won the silver medal in Football at the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris, in which he took part in all games of his team during the tournament.[5]

External links

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Aron Pollitz . Olympedia . 18 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Le Matin: derniers télégrammes de la nuit . Le Matin . French . 14 March 1927.
  3. Web site: NuméroLe Petit Parisien: journal quotidien du soir . Le Petit Parisien . French . 14 March 1927.
  4. Web site: Swiss Players in France . Rec.Sport.Soccer Statistics Foundation.
  5. Web site: Aaron Pollitz - national football team player . https://archive.wikiwix.com/cache/20180714192340/http://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=16855 . 14 July 2018 . live . eu-football.info . 5 August 2020 .