Polish footballer
Józef Lustgarten (1 November 1889 – 22 September 1973) was a Polish Jewish footballer.[1]
BIography
Born in Kraków, he was Jewish.[1][2] He represented Cracovia.[3][1][2] He also represented Poland in international matches.[1] He was the first manager of the Poland national football team in 1922.[4]
During World War II, he was arrested in Lwów in 1939 by the Soviet NKVD, and sent to the Gulag, where he spent 17 years in forced labor camps.[5] After returning to Poland, he became the honorary president of Cracovia.[citation needed]
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