Józef Klotz

Józef Klotz (2 January 1900–1941), born in Kraków, was a Polish footballer of Jewish origin, who scored the first-ever goal for the Poland national football team.^[1] He was connected with two clubs – Jutrzenka Kraków and Maccabi Warszawa (both teams were Jewish minority teams). He was murdered by the Nazis in 1941.

Career

• 1910–1925 Jutrzenka Kraków
• 1925–1927 Maccabi Warszawa
• 1927– ? ? ?

Career on the Poland national football team

• 14.5.1922 Kraków

Poland 0:3 Hungary

• 28.5.1922 Stockholm

Sweden 1:2 Poland

See also

• Polish soccer (football) in interwar period
• List of select Jewish football (association; soccer) players

References

1. Henryk Vogler (1994). Wyznanie mojżeszowe: wspomnienia z utraconego czasu. pg 16: Państwowy Instytut Wydawniczy. p. 123. ISBN 83-06-02355-2.

Sources

• ^ Andrzej Gowarzewski "FUJI Football Encyclopedia – History of the Polish National Team (1) – White and Red" ; GiA Katowice 1991