Léopold Anoul

Pol Anoul
Personal information
Full name	Léopold René Jean Victor Anoul
Date of birth	19 August 1922
Place of birth	Saint-Nicolas, Liège, Belgium
Date of death	5 February 1990 (aged 67)
Place of death	Liège, Belgium
Height	1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team
1939–1942	Saint-Nicolas FC
1942–1957	RFC Liège
1957–1960	Standard Liège
Total
International career
1947–1954	Belgium
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Léopold "Pol" Anoul (19 August 1922 – 11 February 1990) was a Belgian footballer.

During his club career he played for Royal FC Liégeois (1942–1957) and Standard Liège (1957–1960). From 1947 to 1954, he earned 48 caps and scored 20 goals for the Belgium national football team, including 3 goals in the 1954 FIFA World Cup.^[1]

His nickname was "l'homme de Colombes" (the man from Colombes) after a wonderful goal he scored for Belgium against France in the stadium of Colombes near Paris.

Honours

RFC Liège^[2]

Standard Liège^[3]

Belgian First Division: 1957–58

References

^ 1954 FIFA World Cup Switzerland
^ "FCF Liège - Histoire". fcliege.be/fr. 28 July 2024.
^ "Standard de Liège | Palmares". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

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[1] 1954 FIFA World Cup Switzerland

[eurosport23-2] "FCF Liège - Histoire". fcliege.be/fr. 28 July 2024.

[eurosport-3] "Standard de Liège | Palmares". Eurosport. Archived from the original on 6 February 2016. Retrieved 6 February 2016.

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