Egon Pollak
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Egon Erwin Pollak | ||
Date of birth | November 12, 1898 | ||
Place of birth | Vienna, Austria | ||
Date of death | 21 January 1981 (aged 82) | ||
Place of death | Germany | ||
Position(s) | Fullback | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
Hakoah Wien | |||
1926–1927 | New York Giants | 19 | (0) |
International career | |||
1924 | Austria | 1 | (0) |
Managerial career | |||
1934 | Maccabi Tel Aviv | ||
1938 | Mandatory Palestine | ||
1941 | Maccabi Rishon LeZion[1] | ||
1948 | Israel | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Gustav "Egon" or "Erwin" Pollak (Hebrew: אגון פולק, November 12, 1898 – 1984) was an Austrian footballer who played for the famed SC Hakoah Wien (a.k.a. Hakoah Vienna). He was also the first ever manager of the Israeli national football team in their 3-1 loss to the United States just after gaining independence.
Club career
Pollak began his career with SC Hakoah Wien in the Austrian League. In 1926, he moved to the United States where he played a single season with the New York Giants of the American Soccer League.[2]
References
- ^ E. Pollak - Manager of Team Maccabi Rishon LeZion HaBoker, 15 December 1940, via archive.football.org.il (in Hebrew)
- ^ Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4).
External links
Categories:
- Jewish footballers
- Austrian footballers
- Austria international footballers
- SC Hakoah Wien footballers
- New York Giants (soccer) players
- American Soccer League (1921–1933) players
- Austrian football managers
- Israel national football team managers
- Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Israel
- Austrian expatriate sportspeople in the United States
- Austrian Jews
- Footballers from Vienna
- 1898 births
- 1984 deaths
- Association football defenders
- Austrian football defender stubs