Ludwik Gintel

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1899|9|26|df=y}}

| birth_place = Kraków, Austria-Hungary

| death_date = {{death date and age|1973|7|11|1899|9|26|df=y}}

| death_place = Tel Aviv, Israel

| height = 1.78 m

| position = Right-back, forward

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| years1 = 1911–1916

| clubs1 = Jutrzenka Kraków

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| years2 = 1916–1930

| clubs2 = Cracovia

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| nationalyears1 = 1921–1925

| nationalteam1 = Poland

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Ludwik Gintel ({{langx|he|לודוויק גינטל}}; 26 September 1899 – 11 July 1973) was a Polish footballer.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/700424 |title=Ludwik Gintel |work=Olympedia |access-date=26 August 2021}}

Early and personal life

Gintel was born Kraków. He was Jewish.{{Cite book|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=unDnBwAAQBAJ&q=Ludwik+Gintel&pg=PT46|title=Jews and the Sporting Life: Studies in Contemporary Jewry XXIII|first=Ezra|last=Mendelsohn|date=2009|publisher=Oxford University Press|isbn=9780190452384|via=Google Books}} He worked as an architect and bank clerk.{{Cite web|url=http://www.krakowianie1939-56.mhk.pl/pl/archiwum,1,gintel,5630.chtm|title=Archiwum ofiar terroru nazistowskiego i komunistycznego w Krakowie 1939 - 1956|website=www.krakowianie1939-56.mhk.pl}}

Football career

Gintel began his football career playing for the Jewish Sports Association Jutrzenka Kraków. He then played 328 games for Cracovia,{{cite book|author=Ezra Mendelsohn|title=Jews and the Sporting Life: Studies in Contemporary Jewry XXIII|publisher=Oxford University Press US|year=2009|pages=384|isbn=978-0-19-538291-4|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=l-9PAnwdMHwC&q=gintel+ludwik+jewish+sport&pg=PA17}} until 1931, as a right-back (later forward). With Cracovia, he was twice the champion of Poland (1921 and 1930). In 1928, he was the Polish top division's top scorer.

He was also capped 12 times for the Poland national team, making eight official appearances. Included among his appearances for the team was in their first-ever Olympic appearance at the 1924 Olympic Games.

After football career

After the World War II broke out, he emigrated to Palestine. He died by suicide in Tel Aviv, Israel, in 1973.

Honours

Cracovia

Ekstraklasa: 1921,{{cite web |title=Poland Final Tables (1st and 2nd level) |url=https://www.rsssf.org/tablesp/polhist.html |website=rsssf.org |access-date=8 August 2024 |language=en}} 1930{{cite web |title=Liga 1930 |url=http://www.90minut.pl/liga/1/liga11136.html |website=90minut.pl |access-date=8 August 2024 |language=pl}}

Individual

Ekstraklasa top scorer: 1928{{cite web |title=Ludwik Gintel (1899-1973) |url=https://gwzkrakow.pl/2021/09/26/ludwik-gintel-1899-1973/ |website=gwzkrakow.pl |access-date=8 August 2024 |language=pl |date=26 September 2021}}