Leon Sperling
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Leon Sperling (7 August 1900 – c.Script error: No such module "Check for unknown parameters". 15 December 1941) was a Polish footballer.[1][2][3][4]
Sperling was born in Kraków, and was Jewish.[5] He was a forward, playing on the left wing. Sperling represented Cracovia,[6] the team he led in 1921, 1930, and 1932 to the Championship of Poland.[7] He also played in 16 games for the Poland national team,[8] including Poland's lone game at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games.[9][10][11] He was regarded as a highly skilled dribbler.[12] He also coached in Lviv.[12] Sperling is one of Cracovia Kraków's legends.
Sperling was shot to death by the German Nazis in the Lwów Ghetto in December 1941.[11][13][3][14] His Jewish teammate, Józef Klotz, was also killed in the Holocaust.[3]
Honours
Cracovia[15]
- Ekstraklasa: 1921, 1930, 1932
See also
References
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