Mieczysław Józef Batsch a.k.a. Bacz (1 January 1900 in

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– 9 September 1977 in

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) was a Polish

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forward. He represented both

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and the Polish National Team. Batsch was a graduate of the mechanical engineering program of Lwów's

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(Politechnika Lwowska). In the 1920s, while he was on the team, Pogoń won multiple national champions (1922, 1923, 1925, 1926). Together with

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and Józef Garbień, he scored several goals. His career lasted from 1916 to 1929, after which he occasionally played on the team Oldboye Lwów, which consisted of soccer veterans from Lwów. On the national team he played in 11 games, scoring 1 goal. Batsch was a member of the side that participated in the

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References

1900 births 1977 deaths Polish footballers Poland international footballers Olympic footballers of Poland Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics Pogoń Lwów players Sportspeople from Lviv People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Polish Austro-Hungarians Lviv Polytechnic alumni Association football forwards {{Poland-footy-forward-stub