Ernest Pohl
Ernest Pohl (3 November 1932 – 12 September 1995), a.k.a. Ernst Pol, was a Polish football 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 Poland national football team and to this day remains the most prolific Polish First Division scorer with 186 goals. He played for Slavia Ruda Śląska, Orzeł Łódź between 1952 and 1953, Legia Warsaw between 1953 and 1955 and Górnik Zabrze between 1956 and 1967. During the 1960 Summer Olympics in Rome, he scored a rare 5 goals in a 6:1 win against Tunisia.[1]
Following the fall of the Berlin Wall and German reunification in 1990, he has been living in Germany, where his wife and daughters had moved earlier.
In 2004 Górnik Zabrze's stadium was named after him.
Career statistics
International
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
- Scores and results list Poland's goal tally first, score column indicates score after each Pohl goal.
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 Sugust 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
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 moving to Germany, he reverted to using his original name.
Honours
Legia Warsaw
- Ekstraklasa: 1955, 1956
- Polish Cup: 1954–55
Górnik Zabrze
References
- ^ "Ernest Pohl". Olympedia. Retrieved 13 December 2021.
External links
- Profile (in Polish)
- Exhibition "Oberschlesier in der deutschen und polnischen Fußball-Nationalmannschaft - gestern und heute. Sport und Politik in Oberschlesien im 20. Jahrhundert"
- 1932 births
- 1995 deaths
- Footballers from Ruda Śląska
- Men's association football forwards
- Polish men's footballers
- Poland men's international footballers
- Olympic footballers for Poland
- Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Legia Warsaw players
- Górnik Zabrze players
- Ekstraklasa players
- Polish people of German descent
- Polish football forward stubs