Henryk Alszer Explained

Henryk Alszer
Birth Date:7 May 1918
Birth Place:Chorzów, Poland
Death Place:Ruda Śląska, Poland
Height:1.76 m
Position:Forward
Clubs1:RKS Hajduki
Clubs2:Hajduczanka Hajduki
Clubs3:Azoty Chorzów
Clubs4:06 Kleofas Katowice
Years5:1939–1941
Clubs5:Bergknappen Königshütte
Years6:1945
Years7:1946–1947
Years8:1947–1957
Caps8:176
Goals8:51
Years9:1958
Clubs9:Górnik Katowice
Years10:1959
Clubs10:Pogoń Nowy Bytom
Nationalyears1:1948–1955
Nationalcaps1:13
Nationalgoals1:2
Manageryears1:1958
Managerclubs1:Górnik Katowice (player-manager)
Manageryears2:1959
Managerclubs2:Pogoń Nowy Bytom (player-manager)

Henryk Alszer (7 May 1918 – 31 December 1959) was a Polish footballer. He was part of the Poland national team who were at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]

Before the war he participated in several sports for the sports and athletic club of RKS Hajduki, but due to the war he, like several others, found himself unable to play football. After the war he went to France to play for RC Lens and to Scotland to play for Forres Mechanics. He returned home in 1947 to play for Ruch Chorzów and aided them to a championship titles in 1951, 1952 and 1953. When he departed from the team in 1958 he had scored 51 goals in 176 matches, and though he moved to Górnik Katowice, he took on more of a coaching role than a playing one.

Alszer played in fourteen international matches, the first of which was against Yugoslavia in 1948.

He died on New Year's Eve in 1959 after being hit by a car.[2]

Honours

Ruch Chorzów[2]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Henryk Alszer . Olympedia . 7 November 2021.
  2. Web site: Wspomnienie Henryka Alszera . . 7 May 2024 . pl . 31 December 2022.