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Ernest Pohl

{{short description|Polish footballer}}

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{{Infobox football biography

|name = Ernest Pohl

|image =

|fullname = Ernest Pohl

|birth_date = {{birth date|1932|11|3|df=y}}

|birth_place = Ruda Śląska, Poland

|death_date = {{death date and age|1995|9|12|1932|11|3|df=y}}

|death_place = Hausach, Germany

|position = Striker

|height = 1.73 m

|years1 = 1945–1952

|clubs1 = Slavia Ruda Śląska

|caps1 =

|goals1 =

|years2 = 1952–1953

|clubs2 = Orzeł Łódź

|caps2 =

|goals2 =

|years3 = 1953–1956

|clubs3 = CWKS Warsaw

|caps3 = 55

|goals3 = 43

|years4 = 1957–1967

|clubs4 = Górnik Zabrze

|caps4 = 209

|goals4 = 143

|years5 = 1968–1969

|clubs5 = Polonia Greenpoint New York

|caps5 =

|goals5 =

|years6 = 1969–1970

|clubs6 = Vistula Garfield

|caps6 =

|goals6 =

|totalcaps = 264

|totalgoals = 186

|nationalyears1 = 1955–1965

|nationalteam1 = Poland

|nationalcaps1 = 46

|nationalgoals1 = 39

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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.

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.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/26972 |title=Ernest Pohl |work=Olympedia |access-date=13 December 2021}}

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=

class="wikitable" style="text-align:center"

|+ Appearances and goals by national team and year

National teamYearAppsGoals
rowspan="11"|Poland

|1955

10
195666
195720
195812
195988
196078
196156
196241
196300
196445
196583
colspan="2"|Total4639

=International goals=

:Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pohl goal.

class="wikitable sortable"

|+ List of international goals scored by Grzegorz Lato

scope="col"|No.

!scope="col"|Date

!scope="col"|Venue

!scope="col"|Opponent

!scope="col"|Score

!scope="col"|Result

!scope="col"|Competition

align="center"|126 August 1956Wrocław, Poland{{fb|BUL|1948}}align="center" |1–1align="center" |1–2Friendly
align="center"|2rowspan="4"|28 October 1956rowspan="4"|Warsaw, Polandrowspan="4"| {{fb|NOR}}align="center" |1–0rowspan="4" align="center" |5–3rowspan="4"|Friendly
align="center"|3align="center" |3–0
align="center"|4align="center" |4–0
align="center"|5align="center" |5–3
align="center"|616 November 1956Istanbul, Turkey{{fb|TUR}}align="center" |1–0align="center" |1–1Friendly
align="center"|7rowspan="2"|5 October 1958rowspan="2"|Dublin, Republic of Irelandrowspan="2"|{{fb|IRL}}align="center" |1–0align="center" rowspan="2"|2–2rowspan="2"|Friendly
align="center"|8align="center" |2–0
align="center"|928 June 1959Chorzów, Poland{{fb|ESP|1945}}align="center" |1–0align="center" |2–41960 European Nations' Cup qualifying
align="center"|10rowspan="2"|30 August 1959rowspan="2"|Warsaw, Polandrowspan="2"|{{fb|ROM|1952}}align="center" |1–1align="center" rowspan="2"|2–3rowspan="2"|Friendly
align="center"|11align="center" |2–2
align="center"|1218 October 1959Helsinki, Finland{{fb|FIN}}align="center" |1–0align="center"|3–11960 Summer Olympics qualification
align="center"|13rowspan="3"|8 November 1959rowspan="3"|Chorzów, Polandrowspan="3"|{{fb|FIN}}align="center" |1–1rowspan="3" align="center"|6–2rowspan="3"|1960 Summer Olympics qualification
align="center"|14align="center" |2–1
align="center"|15align="center" |4–2
align="center"|1629 November 1959Tel Aviv, Israel{{fb|ISR}}align="center" |1–1align="center" |1–1Friendly
align="center"|174 May 1960Glasgow, Scotland{{fb|SCO}}align="center" |3–2align="center" |3–2Friendly
align="center"|1819 May 1960Moscow, Soviet Union{{fb|URS}}align="center" |1–4align="center" |1–7Friendly
align="center"|19rowspan="5"|26 August 1960rowspan="5"|Rome, Italyrowspan="5"|{{fb|TUN}}align="center" |1–1rowspan="5" align="center"|6–1rowspan="5"|1960 Summer Olympics
align="center"|20align="center" |2–1
align="center"|21align="center" |3–1
align="center"|22align="center" |5–1
align="center"|23align="center" |6–1
align="center"|2413 November 1960Budapest, Hungary{{fb|HUN}}align="center" |1–2align="center"|1–4Friendly
align="center"|2521 May 1961Warsaw, Poland{{fb|URS}}align="center" |1–0align="center"|1–0Friendly
align="center"|26rowspan="2"|22 October 1961rowspan="2"|Wrocław, Polandrowspan="2"|{{fb|GDR}}align="center" |2–1align="center" rowspan="2"|3–1rowspan="2"|Friendly
align="center"|27align="center" |3–1
align="center"|28rowspan="3"|5 November 1961rowspan="3"|Chorzów, Polandrowspan="3"|{{fb|DEN}}align="center" |1–0align="center" rowspan="3"|5–0rowspan="3"|Friendly
align="center"|29align="center" |3–0
align="center"|30align="center" |5–0
align="center"|3111 April 1962Paris, France{{fb|FRA}}align="center" |1–1align="center" |3–1Friendly
align="center"|32rowspan="2"|13 September 1964rowspan="2"|Warsaw, Polandrowspan="2"|{{fb|TCH}}align="center" |1–0align="center" rowspan="2"|2–1rowspan="2"|Friendly
align="center"|33align="center" |2–1
align="center"|3427 September 1964Istanbul, Turkey{{fb|TUR}}align="center" |3–1align="center" |3–2Friendly
align="center"|357 October 1964Solna, Sweden{{fb|SWE}}align="center" |1–2align="center" |3–3Friendly
align="center"|3625 October 1964Dublin, Republic of Ireland{{fb|IRL}}align="center" |2–0align="center" |2–3Friendly
align="center"|3716 May 1965Kraków, Poland{{fb|BUL|1948}}align="center" |1–0align="center" |1–1Friendly
align="center"|3813 October 1965Glasgow, Scotland{{fb|SCO}}align="center" |1–1align="center" |2–11966 FIFA World Cup qualification
align="center"|3924 October 1965Szczecin, Poland{{fb|FIN}}align="center" |4–0align="center" |7–01966 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{{cite web |title=Ernest Pohl (1932-1995) |url=https://olimpijski.pl/olimpijczycy/ernest-pohl-pol/ |website=olimpijski.pl |access-date=8 August 2024 |language=pl}}

Górnik Zabrze

Individual

  • Ekstraklasa top scorer: 1954, 1961, 1963–64
  • Ekstraklasa Hall of Fame: 2024{{cite web |title=Gala PKO Ekstraklasy [RELACJA NA ŻYWO] |url=https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/pilka-nozna/ekstraklasa/wielka-gala-ekstraklasy-na-zywo-dla-kogo-trofea-relacja-live-ekstraklasa/zt6ks6d |website=przegladsportowy.onet.pl |access-date=26 May 2025 |language=pl |date=27 May 2024}}

References

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External links

  • [https://archive.today/20111007044142/http://www.sport.pl/pilka/1,70989,4632433.html Profile] {{in lang|pl}}
  • Exhibition [https://web.archive.org/web/20080608024901/http://www.haus.pl/de/opis/05_06_08.html "Oberschlesier in der deutschen und polnischen Fußball-Nationalmannschaft - gestern und heute. Sport und Politik in Oberschlesien im 20. Jahrhundert"]

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{{Poland Squad 1960 Summer Olympics}}

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Category:1932 births

Category:1995 deaths

Category:Footballers from Ruda Śląska

Category:Polish people of German descent

Category:Men's association football forwards

Category:Polish men's footballers

Category:Poland men's international footballers

Category:Olympic footballers for Poland

Category:Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics

Category:Legia Warsaw players

Category:Górnik Zabrze players

Category:Ekstraklasa players

Category:Polish expatriate men's footballers

Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States

Category:Polish expatriate sportspeople in the United States

Category:Recipients of the Order of Polonia Restituta

Category:20th-century Polish sportsmen

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