Leon Sperling Explained

Leon Sperling
Birth Date:7 August 1900
Birth Place:Kraków, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Lwów Ghetto, Poland
Height:1.64 m
Position:Forward
Years1:1914–1916
Clubs1:Jutrzenka Kraków
Years2:1917
Clubs2:Cracovia
Years3:1918–1920
Clubs3:Jutrzenka Kraków
Years4:1920–1934
Clubs4:Cracovia
Nationalyears1:1921–1930
Nationalteam1:Poland
Nationalcaps1:16
Nationalgoals1:2

Leon Sperling (7 August 1900 – 15 December 1941) was a Polish footballer.[1] [2] [3] [4]

Sperling was born in Kraków, and was Jewish.[5] He was a forward, playing on the left wing. Sperling represented Cracovia,[6] the team he led in 1921, 1930, and 1932 to the Championship of Poland.[7] He also played in 16 games for the Poland national team,[8] including Poland's lone game at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games.[9] [10] [11] He was regarded as a highly skilled dribbler.[12] He also coached in Lviv.[12] Sperling is one of Cracovia Kraków's legends.

Sperling was shot to death by the Nazis in the Lwów Ghetto in December 1941.[13] [14] His Jewish teammate, Józef Klotz, was also killed in the Holocaust.

Honours

Cracovia[15]

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: SPERLING Leon . polska-pilka.pl . 7 August 2024 . pl . 14 April 2021.
  2. Web site: Тридцать лучших еврейских футболистов в мире за всю историю футбола. . 22 August 2014 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20140302165122/http://www.sem40.ru/sport/24907/ . 2 March 2014 .
  3. Book: Grunwald-Spier, Agnes. Who Betrayed the Jews?: The Realities of Nazi Persecution in the Holocaust. 7 January 2016. The History Press. 9780750958011. Google Books.
  4. Web site: Leon Sperling . Olympedia . 26 August 2021.
  5. Book: Jewish Life in Cracow 1918-1939. Associate Curator for Jewish History Sean Martin. Std. Sean. Martin. 7 September 2004. Vallentine Mitchell. 9780853035077. Google Books.
  6. Book: Ezra Mendelsohn. Jews and the Sporting Life: Studies in Contemporary Jewry XXIII. Oxford University Press US. 2009. 384. 978-0-19-538291-4.
  7. Web site: Football and Murder: The Deadly Game. 12 November 2014.
  8. Book: Mendelsohn, Ezra. Jews and the Sporting Life: Studies in Contemporary Jewry XXIII. 31 March 2009. Oxford University Press. 9780199724796. Google Books.
  9. http://www.soccer-db.info/index.php?option=com_joomsport&task=player&id=7920 Leon Sperling
  10. Book: The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics, and the Games. Kay. Schaffer. Sidonie. Smith. 7 September 2000. Rutgers University Press. 9780813528205. Google Books.
  11. Web site: Leon Sperling Bio, Stats, and Results | Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. 18 April 2020. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418102816/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sp/leon-sperling-1.html. 18 April 2020.
  12. News: Remembering the cream of Jewish footballing talent killed in the Holocaust. David. Bolchover. The Guardian . 6 May 2019. www.theguardian.com.
  13. Book: Kay Schaffer & Sidonie Smith. The Olympics at the Millennium: Power, Politics, and the Games. Rutgers University Press. 61. 2000. 0-8135-2820-8.
  14. Web site: Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . dead . 17 April 2020 . 24 July 2018 . Sports Reference.
  15. Web site: Sperling Leon . muzeumsportu.waw.pl . 7 August 2024 . pl.

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