Ernest Pohl

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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.

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

Appearances and goals by national team and year

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.

List of international goals scored by Grzegorz Lato

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

• Ekstraklasa: 1957, 1959, 1961, 62–63, 1963–64, 1964–65, 65–66, 1966–67
• Polish Cup: 1964–65

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"