Józef Lustgarten (1 November 1889, Krakow - 22 September 1973, Kraków) was a Polish Jewish footballer. Born in Cracow, he was Jewish. He represented Cracovia. He also represented Poland in international matches. He was the first manager of the

Poland national football team The Poland national football team ( pl, Reprezentacja Polski w piłce nożnej) has represented Poland in men's international tournaments football competitions since their first match in 1921. The team is controlled by the Polish Football Asso ...

in 1922. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the World War II by country, vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great power ...

, he was arrested in Lwów in 1939 by the Soviet

NKVD The People's Commissariat for Internal Affairs (russian: Наро́дный комиссариа́т вну́тренних дел, Naródnyy komissariát vnútrennikh del, ), abbreviated NKVD ( ), was the interior ministry of the Soviet Union. ...

, and sent to the

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, where spent 17 years in forced labor camps. After returning to Poland, he became the honorary president of "Cracovia Kraków" club.

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1889 births 1973 deaths Polish footballers Jewish footballers MKS Cracovia (football) players Footballers from Kraków Polish people detained by the NKVD Foreign Gulag detainees Polish deportees to Soviet Union Association football forwards Polish football managers Poland national football team managers Jews from Galicia (Eastern Europe) People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Jewish Polish sportspeople Austro-Hungarian Jews {{Poland-footy-forward-stub

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