Ludwik Gintel

Ludwik Gintel

File:Ludwik Gintel.jpg Gintel in 1922
Personal information
Date of birth	(1899-09-26)26 September 1899
Place of birth	Kraków, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	11 July 1973(1973-07-11) (aged 73)
Place of death	Tel Aviv, Israel
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Right-back forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1911–1916	Jutrzenka Kraków
1916–1930	Cracovia
International career
1921–1925	Poland	8	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ludwik Gintel (Hebrew: לודוויק גינטל; 26 September 1899 – 11 July 1973) was a Polish footballer.

Early and personal life

Gintel was born Kraków. 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 Cracovia, until 1931, as a right-back (later forward). With Cracovia, he was twice the champion of Poland (1921 and 1930). In 1928, he was the Polish top division'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 by suicide in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1973.

Honours

Cracovia

• Ekstraklasa: 1921, 1930

Individual

• Ekstraklasa top scorer: 1928

See also

• List of select Jewish football (association; soccer) players