Leonard Piątek

Leonard Piątek

Leonard Franciszek Piątek (born "Leonard Piontek", October 13 1913 in Królewska Huta - July 1 1967) was a Polish football player of Upper Silesian origin who played in the interwar period.

An hard-working and ambitious forward, Piątek was the top scorer for Polish first division vice-champions "AKS Chorzów" in 1937 and went on to lead the league the following season with 21 goals.

He represented Poland on the country's national side in 16 games from 1937 to 1939, scoring 11 goals. He scored twice in Poland's 4:0 win over Yugoslavia in a World Cup qualifier and took part in the legendary 1938 FIFA World Cup match against Brazil in (Strasbourg, France on June 5, 1938 (5:6 Brazil). Piątek also scored a goal in the last international match played in Poland before the outbreak of World War II, a 4:2 victory over Hungary on August 27, 1939.

Piątek signed the Volksliste (German Nationality List) after the Nazi invasion of Poland which allowed him to continue his footballing career. His club "AKS Chorzów" was now playing as "Germania Königshütte" and with Piatek as their key player the team dominated the first division "Gauliga Schlesien" – part of the German football league system – throughout the early '40s far outperforming state-supported rivals "1. FC Katowice".

ee also

* Polish Roster in World Cup Soccer France 1938


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