Egon Pollak

Gitschi Pollak

Personal information
Full name	Egon Erwin Pollak
Date of birth	November 12, 1898
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Date of death	21 January 1981 (aged 82)
Place of death	Germany
Playing position	Fullback
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps^†	(Gls)^†
	Hakoah Wien
1926-1927	New York Giants	19	(0)
National team
1924	Austria	1	(0)
Teams managed
1934	Maccabi Tel Aviv
1938	Mandatory Palestine
1941	Maccabi Rishon LeZion[1]
1948	Israel
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. † Appearances (goals)

Gustav "Egon" or "Erwin" Pollak (Hebrew: אגון פולק‎, November 12, 1898 – 1984) was an Austrian footballer who played for the famed SC Hakoah Wien (aka Hakoah Vienna). He was also the first ever manager of the Israeli national football team in their 3-1 loss to the United States just after gaining independence.

Club career

Pollak began his career with SC Hakoah Wien in the Austrian League. In 1926, he moved to the United States where he played a single season with the New York Giants of the American Soccer League.^[2]

References

• jewsinsports.org

1. E. Pollak - Manager of Team Maccabi Rishon LeZion HaBoker, 15 December 1940, via archive.football.org.il (Hebrew)
2. Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931 (Hardback). The Scarecrow Press. (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4).