Henryk Alszer (7 May 1918 – 31 December 1959) was a Polish footballer. He was part of the Poland national team who were at the 1952 Summer Olympics.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 7 May 1918 | ||
| Place of birth | Chorzów, Poland | ||
| Date of death | 31 December 1959 (aged 41) | ||
| Place of death | Ruda Śląska, Poland | ||
| Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| RKS Hajduki | |||
| Hajduczanka Hajduki | |||
| Azoty Chorzów | |||
| 06 Kleofas Katowice | |||
| 1939–1941 | Bergknappen Königshütte | ||
| 1945 | Lens | ||
| 1946–1947 | Forres Mechanics | ||
| 1947–1957 | Ruch Chorzów | 176 | (51) |
| 1958 | Górnik Katowice | ||
| 1959 | Pogoń Nowy Bytom | ||
| International career | |||
| 1948–1955 | Poland | 13 | (2) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1958 | Górnik Katowice (player-manager) | ||
| 1959 | Pogoń Nowy Bytom (player-manager) | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Before the war he participated in several sports for the sports and athletic club of RKS Hajduki, but due to the war he, like several others, found himself unable to play football. After the war he went to France to play for RC Lens and to Scotland to play for Forres Mechanics. He returned home in 1947 to play for Ruch Chorzów and aided them to a championship titles in 1951, 1952 and 1953. When he departed from the team in 1958 he had scored 51 goals in 176 matches, and though he moved to Górnik Katowice, he took on more of a coaching role than a playing one.
Alszer played in fourteen international matches, the first of which was against Yugoslavia in 1948.
He died on New Year's Eve in 1959 after being hit by a car.[2]
Honours
editRuch Chorzów[2]
- Ekstraklasa: 1951, 1952, 1953
- Polish Cup: 1950–51
References
edit- ^ "Henryk Alszer". Olympedia. Retrieved 7 November 2021.
- ^ a b "Wspomnienie Henryka Alszera" (in Polish). Ruch Chorzów. 31 December 2022. Retrieved 7 May 2024.
External links
edit- (in Polish) olimpijski
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