Ernest Pohl (3 November 1932 – 12 September 1995), a.k.a. Ernst Pol, was a Polish

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player. He was born in Ruda (now Ruda Śląska), Poland and died in Hausach, Germany.

Career

Pohl scored 39 goals in 46 international matches for

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and to this day remains the most prolific Polish First Division scorer with 186 goals. He played for Slavia Ruda Śląska,

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between 1952 and 1953,

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between 1953 and 1955 and Górnik Zabrze between 1956 and 1967. During the

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in Rome, he scored a rare 5 goals in a 6:1 win against Tunisia. Following the fall of the

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and

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in 1990, he has been living in Germany, where his wife and daughters had moved earlier. In 2004 Górnik Zabrze's

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was named after him.

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. On returning to Germany, he reverted to using his original name.

Honours

Legia Warsaw * Ekstraklasa:

1955 Events January * January 3 – José Ramón Guizado becomes president of Panama. * January 17 – , the first nuclear-powered submarine, puts to sea for the first time, from Groton, Connecticut. * January 18– 20 – Battle of Yijian ...

1956 Events January * January 1 – The Anglo-Egyptian Sudan, Anglo-Egyptian Condominium ends in Sudan. * January 8 – Operation Auca: Five U.S. evangelical Christian Missionary, missionaries, Nate Saint, Roger Youderian, Ed McCully, Jim ...

* Polish Cup: 1964-1965 Górnik Zabrze * Ekstraklasa:

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1959 Events January * January 1 - Cuba: Fulgencio Batista flees Havana when the forces of Fidel Castro advance. * January 2 - Lunar probe Luna 1 was the first man-made object to attain escape velocity from Earth. It reached the vicinity of E ...

1961 Events January * January 3 ** United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower announces that the United States has severed diplomatic and consular relations with Cuba ( Cuba–United States relations are restored in 2015). ** Aero Flight 311 ...

, 62–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 65–66, 1966–67 * Polish Cup: 1954–1955, 1954-1955

References

External links

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1932 births 1995 deaths Sportspeople from Ruda Śląska Association football forwards Polish footballers Poland international footballers Olympic footballers of Poland Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Legia Warsaw players Górnik Zabrze players Ekstraklasa players Polish people of German descent {{Poland-footy-forward-stub