- Ernst Pohl
Ernst Pohl (
November 3 1932 –September 12 1995 ), aka Ernest Pol, was an outstanding Polishfootball player.He was born in
Ruda (nowRuda Śląska ),Poland and died inHausach ,Germany .Pohl scored 39 goals in 46 international matches for
Poland national football team and to this day remains the most prolific Polish First Division scorer with 186 goals.He played for
Slavia Ruda Śląska ,Orzeł Łódź between 1952 and 1953,Legia Warszawa between 1953 and 1955 andGórnik Zabrze between 1956 and 1967. During the1960 Summer Olympics inRome , he scored a rare 5 goals in a 6:1 win againstTunisia .Following the fall of the Berlin wall and
German reunification in 1990, he has been living in Germany, where his wife and daughters had moved earlier.In, 2004
Górnik Zabrze 's stadium is named after him.Names
The
German surname of thePohl family was changed to "Pol" in 1952 as a result of thepolonization of names common inCommunist Poland . On returning to Germany, he reverted to using his original name.External links
* [http://www.sport.pl/pilka/1,70989,4632433.html Profile] pl icon
* Exhibition [http://www.haus.pl/de/opis/05_06_08.html "Oberschlesier in der deutschen und polnischen Fußball-Nationalmannschaft - gestern und heute. Sport und Politik in Oberschlesien im 20. Jahrhundert"]
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