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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

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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

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International

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Appearances and goals by national team and year
National team Year Apps Goals
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

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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. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 26 August 1956 Wrocław, Poland  Bulgaria 1–1 1–2 Friendly
2 28 October 1956 Warsaw, Poland  Norway 1–0 5–3 Friendly
3 3–0
4 4–0
5 5–3
6 16 November 1956 Istanbul, Turkey  Turkey 1–0 1–1 Friendly
7 5 October 1958 Dublin, Republic of Ireland  Republic of Ireland 1–0 2–2 Friendly
8 2–0
9 28 June 1959 Chorzów, Poland  Spain 1–0 2–4 1960 European Nations' Cup qualifying
10 30 August 1959 Warsaw, Poland  Romania 1–1 2–3 Friendly
11 2–2
12 18 October 1959 Helsinki, Finland  Finland 1–0 3–1 1960 Summer Olympics qualification
13 8 November 1959 Chorzów, Poland  Finland 1–1 6–2 1960 Summer Olympics qualification
14 2–1
15 4–2
16 29 November 1959 Tel Aviv, Israel  Israel 1–1 1–1 Friendly
17 4 May 1960 Glasgow, Scotland  Scotland 3–2 3–2 Friendly
18 19 May 1960 Moscow, Soviet Union  Soviet Union 1–4 1–7 Friendly
19 26 August 1960 Rome, Italy  Tunisia 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  Hungary 1–2 1–4 Friendly
25 21 May 1961 Warsaw, Poland  Soviet Union 1–0 1–0 Friendly
26 22 October 1961 Wrocław, Poland  East Germany 2–1 3–1 Friendly
27 3–1
28 5 November 1961 Chorzów, Poland  Denmark 1–0 5–0 Friendly
29 3–0
30 5–0
31 11 April 1962 Paris, France  France 1–1 3–1 Friendly
32 13 September 1964 Warsaw, Poland  Czechoslovakia 1–0 2–1 Friendly
33 2–1
34 27 September 1964 Istanbul, Turkey  Turkey 3–1 3–2 Friendly
35 7 October 1964 Solna, Sweden  Sweden 1–2 3–3 Friendly
36 25 October 1964 Dublin, Republic of Ireland  Republic of Ireland 2–0 2–3 Friendly
37 16 May 1965 Kraków, Poland  Bulgaria 1–0 1–1 Friendly
38 13 October 1965 Glasgow, Scotland  Scotland 1–1 2–1 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification
39 24 October 1965 Szczecin, Poland  Finland 4–0 7–0 1966 FIFA World Cup qualification

Names

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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

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Legia Warsaw[1]

Górnik Zabrze[1]

Individual

References

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  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.
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