Ernest Pohl
Personal information | |||
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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
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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
National team | Year | Apps | Goals |
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Poland | 1955 | 1 | 0 |
1956 | 6 | 6 | |
1957 | 2 | 0 | |
1958 | 1 | 2 | |
1959 | 8 | 8 | |
1960 | 7 | 8 | |
1961 | 5 | 6 | |
1962 | 4 | 1 | |
1963 | 0 | 0 | |
1964 | 4 | 5 | |
1965 | 8 | 3 | |
Total | 46 | 39 |
International goals
- Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pohl goal.
No. | Date | Venue | Opponent | Score | Result | Competition |
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1 | 26 August 1956 | Wrocław, Poland | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–2 | Friendly |
2 | 28 October 1956 | Warsaw, Poland | ![]() | 1–0 | 5–3 | Friendly |
3 | 3–0 | |||||
4 | 4–0 | |||||
5 | 5–3 | |||||
6 | 16 November 1956 | Istanbul, Turkey | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
7 | 5 October 1958 | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–2 | Friendly |
8 | 2–0 | |||||
9 | 28 June 1959 | Chorzów, Poland | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–4 | 1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying |
10 | 30 August 1959 | Warsaw, Poland | ![]() | 1–1 | 2–3 | Friendly |
11 | 2–2 | |||||
12 | 18 October 1959 | Helsinki, Finland | ![]() | 1–0 | 3–1 | 1960 Summer Olympics qualification |
13 | 8 November 1959 | Chorzów, Poland | ![]() | 1–1 | 6–2 | 1960 Summer Olympics qualification |
14 | 2–1 | |||||
15 | 4–2 | |||||
16 | 29 November 1959 | Tel Aviv, Israel | ![]() | 1–1 | 1–1 | Friendly |
17 | 4 May 1960 | Glasgow, Scotland | ![]() | 3–2 | 3–2 | Friendly |
18 | 19 May 1960 | Moscow, Soviet Union | ![]() | 1–4 | 1–7 | Friendly |
19 | 26 August 1960 | Rome, Italy | ![]() | 1–1 | 6–1 | 1960 Summer Olympics |
20 | 2–1 | |||||
21 | 3–1 | |||||
22 | 5–1 | |||||
23 | 6–1 | |||||
24 | 13 November 1960 | Budapest, Hungary | ![]() | 1–2 | 1–4 | Friendly |
25 | 21 May 1961 | Warsaw, Poland | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–0 | Friendly |
26 | 22 October 1961 | Wrocław, Poland | ![]() | 2–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
27 | 3–1 | |||||
28 | 5 November 1961 | Chorzów, Poland | ![]() | 1–0 | 5–0 | Friendly |
29 | 3–0 | |||||
30 | 5–0 | |||||
31 | 11 April 1962 | Paris, France | ![]() | 1–1 | 3–1 | Friendly |
32 | 13 September 1964 | Warsaw, Poland | ![]() | 1–0 | 2–1 | Friendly |
33 | 2–1 | |||||
34 | 27 September 1964 | Istanbul, Turkey | ![]() | 3–1 | 3–2 | Friendly |
35 | 7 October 1964 | Solna, Sweden | ![]() | 1–2 | 3–3 | Friendly |
36 | 25 October 1964 | Dublin, Republic of Ireland | ![]() | 2–0 | 2–3 | Friendly |
37 | 16 May 1965 | Kraków, Poland | ![]() | 1–0 | 1–1 | Friendly |
38 | 13 October 1965 | Glasgow, Scotland | ![]() | 1–1 | 2–1 | 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification |
39 | 24 October 1965 | Szczecin, Poland | ![]() | 4–0 | 7–0 | 1966 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]
- Ekstraklasa: 1955, 1956
- Polish Cup: 1954–55, 1955–56
Górnik Zabrze[1]
Individual
- Ekstraklasa top scorer: 1954, 1961, 1963–64[1]
References
- ^ a b c d "Ernest Pohl (1932-1995)". olimpijski.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 8 August 2024.
- ^ "Ernest Pohl". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
External links
- Profile (in Polish)
- Exhibition "Oberschlesier in der deutschen und polnischen Fußball-Nationalmannschaft - gestern und heute. Sport und Politik in Oberschlesien im 20. Jahrhundert"
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