Józef Korbas
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Józef Franciszek Korbas (11 November 1914 – 2 October 1981) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward. He played for Cracovia and the Poland national team during the interwar period.[1]
Club career
In Cracovia, Korbas played from 1935 to 1939. In 69 games during that time, he scored 54 goals.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
International career
Korbas is famous for his excellent national team debut. On 12 September 1937 in Sofia, he scored three goals in a 3–3 draw against Bulgaria. In the history of the Poland national team, only two players managed to score a hat-trick in their first game, the other being Zygmunt Steuermann.[2] Korbas's second and last match in white-red jersey took place in Warsaw on 25 September 1938, a 4–4 draw against Yugoslavia. In this game, he also scored a goal.[3]
After football
During Nazi occupation of Poland, in 1942 was arrested by the Germans and in March 1943 sent to Auschwitz concentration camp. From there, he was shuttled to Sachsenhausen concentration camp. Having survived this, he returned to Poland after the war, and became a sports official as well as a coach. He managed Stilon Gorzów in 1954.Script error: No such module "Unsubst".
Korbas died on 2 October 1981 in Katowice.[3]
Honours
Cracovia
References
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- 1914 births
- 1981 deaths
- Footballers from Kraków
- Polish Austro-Hungarians
- Sportspeople from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
- Men's association football forwards
- Polish men's footballers
- Poland men's international footballers
- KS Cracovia players
- Ekstraklasa players
- 1938 FIFA World Cup players
- Auschwitz concentration camp survivors
- Sachsenhausen concentration camp survivors
- Polish football managers
- Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski managers
- 20th-century Polish sportsmen