Józef Franciszek Korbas (11 November 1914 – 2 October 1981) was a Polish

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who played as a forward. He played for

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and the Poland national team during the interwar period.

Club career

In Cracovia, Korbas played from 1935 to 1939. In 69 games during that time, he scored 54 goals.

International career

Korbas is famous for his excellent national team debut. On 12 September 1937 in

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, versus

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, he scored 3 goals and the match ended in 3–3 draw. In the history of the Poland national team, only two players managed to score a

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in their first game, the other being

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. Korbas's second and last match in white-red jersey took place in

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, on 25 September 1938 (Poland -

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4-4). In this game, he also scored a goal.

After football

During

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, in 1942 was arrested by the Germans and in March 1943 sent to Auschwitz concentration camp. From there, was shuttled to

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. Having survived this, after the war returned to Poland, Korbas became a sport official as well as a coach. He was also a trainer such as Stilon Gorzów in 1954. Korbas died on 2 October 1981 in Katowice.

References

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