Ludwik Gintel ( he, לודוויק גינטל; 26 September 1899 – 11 July 1973) was a Polish Olympic
footballer
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.
Early and personal life
Gintel was born
Kraków
Kraków (), or Cracow, is the second-largest and one of the oldest cities in Poland. Situated on the Vistula River in Lesser Poland Voivodeship, the city dates back to the seventh century. Kraków was the official capital of Poland until 1596 ...
. He was Jewish.
He worked as an architect and bank clerk.
Football career
Gintel began his football career playing for the Jewish Sports Association
Jutrzenka Kraków.
He then played 328 games for
KS Cracovia {{Short description, Sports club based in Kraków
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*MKS Cracovia
Miejski Klub Sportowy Cracovia Sportowa Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known simply as MKS Cracovia or Cracovia ...
,
until 1931, as a
right-back
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Centre-backs are usually positioned in pairs, with one full-back on either s ...
(later
forward
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Forward may also refer to:
People
* Forward (surname)
Sports
* Forward (association football)
* Forward (basketball), including:
** Point forward
** Power forward (basketball)
** Sm ...
). With KS Cracovia, he was twice the champion of Poland (1921 and 1930). In 1928, he was Poland's top scorer.
He was also capped 12 times for the
Poland national team, making eight official appearances.
Included among his appearances for the team was in their first-ever Olympic appearance at the
1924 Olympic Games.
After football career
After the World War II broke out, he emigrated to Palestine.
He died in
Tel Aviv
Tel Aviv-Yafo ( he, תֵּל־אָבִיב-יָפוֹ, translit=Tēl-ʾĀvīv-Yāfō ; ar, تَلّ أَبِيب – يَافَا, translit=Tall ʾAbīb-Yāfā, links=no), often referred to as just Tel Aviv, is the most populous city in the G ...
, Israel, in 1973.
See also
*
List of select Jewish football (association; soccer) players
References
{{DEFAULTSORT:Gintel, Ludwik
1899 births
1973 deaths
Israeli Jews
People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Footballers from Kraków
Association football fullbacks
Association football forwards
Polish footballers
Jewish footballers
Poland international footballers
MKS Cracovia (football) players
Olympic footballers of Poland
Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
Ekstraklasa players
Austro-Hungarian Jews
Polish emigrants to Mandatory Palestine