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Ernest Pohl
Personal information
Full name Ernest Pohl
Date of birth (1932-11-03)3 November 1932
Place of birth Ruda Śląska, Poland
Date of death 12 September 1995(1995-09-12) (aged 62)
Place of death Hausach, Germany
Height 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in)
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1945–1952 Slavia Ruda Śląska
1952–1953 Orzeł Łódź
1953–1956 CWKS Warsaw 55 (43)
1957–1967 Górnik Zabrze 209 (143)
1968–1969 Polonia Greenpoint New York
1969–1970 Vistula Garfield
International career
1955–1965 Poland 46 (39)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ernest Pohl (3 November 1932 – 12 September 1995), a.k.a. Ernst Pol, was a Polish footballer who played as a striker. With 186 goals, he is the Polish top division's record goalscorer.[1]

Career

image of Ernest Pohl

Pohl scored 39 goals in 46 international matches for Poland national football team and to this day remains the most prolific Ekstraklasa. He played for Slavia Ruda Śląska, Orzeł Łódź between 1952 and 1953, CWKS Warsaw between 1953 and 1956 and Górnik Zabrze between 1957 and 1967. During the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, he scored five goals in a 6–1 win against Tunisia.[2]

Following the fall of the Berlin Wall and German reunification in 1990, he relocated to Germany, where his wife and daughters had moved earlier.

In 2004, Górnik Zabrze's stadium was named after him.

Career statistics

International

Appearances and goals by national team and year
National teamYearAppsGoals
Poland195510
195666
195720
195812
195988
196078
196156
196241
196300
196445
196583
Total4639

International goals

Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pohl goal.
List of international goals scored by Grzegorz Lato
No.DateVenueOpponentScoreResultCompetition
126 August 1956Wrocław, Poland Bulgaria1–11–2Friendly
228 October 1956Warsaw, Poland Norway1–05–3Friendly
33–0
44–0
55–3
616 November 1956Istanbul, Turkey Turkey1–01–1Friendly
75 October 1958Dublin, Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland1–02–2Friendly
82–0
928 June 1959Chorzów, Poland Spain1–02–41960 European Nations' Cup qualifying
1030 August 1959Warsaw, Poland Romania1–12–3Friendly
112–2
1218 October 1959Helsinki, Finland Finland1–03–11960 Summer Olympics qualification
138 November 1959Chorzów, Poland Finland1–16–21960 Summer Olympics qualification
142–1
154–2
1629 November 1959Tel Aviv, Israel Israel1–11–1Friendly
174 May 1960Glasgow, Scotland Scotland3–23–2Friendly
1819 May 1960Moscow, Soviet Union Soviet Union1–41–7Friendly
1926 August 1960Rome, Italy Tunisia1–16–11960 Summer Olympics
202–1
213–1
225–1
236–1
2413 November 1960Budapest, Hungary Hungary1–21–4Friendly
2521 May 1961Warsaw, Poland Soviet Union1–01–0Friendly
2622 October 1961Wrocław, Poland East Germany2–13–1Friendly
273–1
285 November 1961Chorzów, Poland Denmark1–05–0Friendly
293–0
305–0
3111 April 1962Paris, France France1–13–1Friendly
3213 September 1964Warsaw, Poland Czechoslovakia1–02–1Friendly
332–1
3427 September 1964Istanbul, Turkey Turkey3–13–2Friendly
357 October 1964Solna, Sweden Sweden1–23–3Friendly
3625 October 1964Dublin, Republic of Ireland Republic of Ireland2–02–3Friendly
3716 May 1965Kraków, Poland Bulgaria1–01–1Friendly
3813 October 1965Glasgow, Scotland Scotland1–12–11966 FIFA World Cup qualification
3924 October 1965Szczecin, Poland Finland4–07–01966 FIFA World Cup qualification

Names

The German surname of the Pohl family was changed to Pol in 1952 as a result of the polonization of names common in Communist Poland. After moving to Germany, he reverted to using his original name.

Honours

Legia Warsaw[1]

Górnik Zabrze[1]

Individual

References

  1. ^ a b c d "Ernest Pohl (1932-1995)". olimpijski.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 August 2024.
  2. ^ "Ernest Pohl". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 December 2021.