Józef Klotz
| Józef Klotz | ||
| Personnel | ||
|---|---|---|
| Surname | Józef Klotz | |
| birthday | January 2, 1900 | |
| place of birth | Krakow , Austria-Hungary | |
| date of death | 1941 (exact date unknown) | |
| Place of death | Warsaw , Poland | |
| size | 185 cm | |
| position | Central defender | |
| Juniors | ||
| Years | station | |
| Jutrzenka Kraków | ||
| Men's | ||
| Years | station | Games (goals) 1 |
| 1920-1925 | Jutrzenka Krakow | |
| 1925– | Maccabi Warsaw | |
| National team | ||
| Years | selection | Games (goals) |
| 1922 | Poland | 2 (1) |
| 1 Only league games are given. | ||
Józef Klotz (born January 2, 1900 in Krakow , † 1941 in Warsaw ) was a Polish football player who became a victim of the Holocaust because of his Jewish descent . In 1922 he scored the first goal in the history of the Polish national football team .
Life
Klotz was born a citizen of Austria-Hungary . He came from a simple background, his father was a shoemaker. In 1918 he became a citizen of the re-established Polish Republic .
Apart from his career as a football player, there are no publications about Klotz's further life. According to reports from contemporary witnesses, he was shot in a mass execution by the German occupiers in 1941 on the former shopping and promenade, Nowy Świat, outside the Jewish ghetto in Warsaw .
Athletic career
As a teenager he joined the Jutrzenka Kraków football club , the association of the " Bundists " of the Jewish Workers' Party. Jutrzenka became one of the leading clubs in the Kraków district, the 1.85 meter tall block played in defense. His teammates included winger Leon Sperling of the same age , who later became one of the first stars of the national team.
Klotz took part on May 14, 1922 in the second international match of the national team against Hungary in his hometown of Krakow, the game was lost 3-0. Exactly two weeks later, on May 28, 1922, he was part of the Polish contingent against Sweden in Stockholm . After a handball by a Swedish defender in their own penalty area, Poland was awarded a penalty in the 27th minute . Klotz transformed him with a shot under the left picket cross to the score of 0: 1.
It was the first Polish international goal. Poland won the game 2-1 and thus recorded their first victory in the third game of their national team. But Klotz 'second was also his last appearance for the national team. In 1925 he moved to Makkabi Warsaw in the capital, a club of the district league.
Individual evidence
- ^ Gazeta Wyborcza (Cracow edition), July 7, 2012; Photo: Klotz 1st row on the right
- ↑ Andrzej Gowarzewski: Biało-czerwoni. Dzieje reprezentacji Polski (1) . Katowice 1991, p. 32.
- ^ Gazeta Wyborcza (Cracow edition), July 7, 2012.
- ↑ Przegląd Sportowy , June 9, 1922, p. 5.
- ↑ Super Express , June 15, 2012.
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Klotz, Józef |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | January 2, 1900 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Krakow |
| DATE OF DEATH | 1941 |
| Place of death | Warsaw |