Józef Lustgarten (1 November 1889, Krakow - 22 September 1973, Kraków) was a

Polish Jewish The history of the Jews in Poland dates back at least 1,000 years. For centuries, Poland was home to the largest and most significant Ashkenazi Jewish community in the world. Poland was a principal center of Jewish culture, because of the lon ...

footballer. Born in Cracow, he was Jewish. He represented

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. He also represented Poland in international matches. He was the first manager of the Poland national football team in 1922. During

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, he was arrested in Lwów in 1939 by the Soviet

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, and sent to the

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, where spent 17 years in

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s. After returning to Poland, he became the honorary president of "Cracovia Kraków" club.

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