Hubert Gad, also known as Hubert God (15 August 1914 – 3 July 1939), was a Polish

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player, a very skilled and aggressive forward, who for a while was the top scorer of Poland. Born in Świętochłowice, Gad represented both Śląsk Świętochłowice and Poland. In white-red jersey debuted 16 February 1936 at Heysel Stadium in Brussels. His debut was excellent, as Gad scored a goal and Poland won 2-0. During the

1936 Summer Olympic Games The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

in Berlin, he was a key player on the team. Gad, who was regarded as a temporary replacement for

Ernest Wilimowski Ernest Otton Wilimowski (, born Ernst Otto Prandella; 23 June 1916 – 30 August 1997), nicknamed "Ezi", was a footballer who played as a forward Forward is a relative direction, the opposite of backward. Forward may also refer to: People ...

, proved his excellent quality, scoring 4 goals in the tournament. After the Olympics, represented Poland in additional 4 games, scoring once. Gad died in 1939 while swimming in a lake. His funeral took place on 9 July 1939, and among pallbearers there were such renowned soccer players as Leonard Piątek, Ryszard Piec,

Ewald Dytko Edward Jan (or Ewald Oskar) Dytko (18 October 1914 – 13 June 1993) was a Polish football player, who, when his home country became Poland by Treaty of Versailles represented the no longer existing team of Dąb Katowice, also in 1935-39 he played ...

and Teodor Peterek.

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1914 births 1939 deaths Polish men's footballers Poland men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Poland Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics Śląsk Świętochłowice players Sportspeople from Świętochłowice Sportspeople from the Province of Silesia Footballers from Silesian Voivodeship Men's association football forwards Deaths by drowning {{Poland-footy-forward-stub