Ludwik Gintel Explained

Ludwik Gintel
Birth Date:26 September 1899
Birth Place:Kraków, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Tel Aviv, Israel
Height:1.78 m
Position:Right-back, forward
Years1:1911–1916
Clubs1:Jutrzenka Kraków
Years2:1916–1930
Clubs2:Cracovia
Nationalyears1:1921–1925
Nationalteam1:Poland
Nationalcaps1:8
Nationalgoals1:0

Ludwik Gintel (he|לודוויק גינטל; 26 September 1899 – 11 July 1973) was a Polish footballer.[1] [2]

Early and personal life

Gintel was born Kraków. He was Jewish.[3] He worked as an architect and bank clerk.[4]

Football career

Gintel began his football career playing for the Jewish Sports Association Jutrzenka Kraków.[4] He then played 328 games for Cracovia,[5] 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.[4] Included among his appearances for the team was in their first-ever Olympic appearance at the 1924 Olympic Games.[4]

After football career

After the World War II broke out, he emigrated to Palestine.[4] He died by suicide in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1973.[4]

Honours

Cracovia

Individual

See also

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Ludwik Gintel - Stats - titles won. www.footballdatabase.eu.
  2. Web site: Ludwik Gintel . Olympedia . 26 August 2021.
  3. Book: Mendelsohn, Ezra. Jews and the Sporting Life: Studies in Contemporary Jewry XXIII. 2009. Oxford University Press. 9780190452384. Google Books.
  4. Web site: Archiwum ofiar terroru nazistowskiego i komunistycznego w Krakowie 1939 - 1956. www.krakowianie1939-56.mhk.pl.
  5. Book: Ezra Mendelsohn. Jews and the Sporting Life: Studies in Contemporary Jewry XXIII. Oxford University Press US. 2009. 384. 978-0-19-538291-4.
  6. Web site: Poland Final Tables (1st and 2nd level) . rsssf.org . 8 August 2024 . en.
  7. Web site: Liga 1930 . 90minut.pl . 8 August 2024 . pl.
  8. Web site: Ludwik Gintel (1899-1973) . gwzkrakow.pl . 8 August 2024 . pl . 26 September 2021.