Personal information | |||
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Date of birth | 26 September 1899 | ||
Place of birth | Kraków, Austria-Hungary | ||
Date of death | 11 July 1973 | (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) |
1916–1930 | KS Cracovia | ||
International career | |||
1921–? | Poland | 8 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Ludwik Gintel (Hebrew: לודוויק גינטל; 26 September 1899 – 11 July 1973) was a Polish Olympic footballer.[1][2]
Gintel was born Kraków. He was Jewish.[3] He worked as an architect and bank clerk.[4]
Gintel began his football career playing for the Jewish Sports Association Jutrzenka Kraków.[4] He then played 328 games for KS Cracovia,[5] until 1931, as a right-back (later forward). With KS Cracovia, he was twice the champion of Poland (1921 and 1930). In 1928, he was Poland's top scorer.[3]
He was also capped 12 times for the Poland national team, making eight official appearances.[4] Included among his appearances for the team was in their first-ever Olympic appearance at the 1924 Olympic Games.[4]
After the World War II broke out, he emigrated to Palestine.[4] He died in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1973.[4]