Egon Pollack

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Gitschi Pollack
Full name	Egon Erwin Pollack
Date of birth	1898
Place of birth	Vienna, Austria
Date of death	1984
Place of death	, Germany
Playing position	Fullback
Senior clubs¹
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1926-1927	Hakoah Wien New York Giants	19 (0)
National team
1924	Austria	01 (0)
Teams managed
1934 1938 1948	Maccabi Tel Aviv Palestine/Eretz Yisrael Israel
¹ Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Gustav "Egon" or "Erwin" Pollack 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.

[edit] Club career

Pollack 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.^[1]

[edit] References

^ Jose, Colin (1998). American Soccer League, 1921-1931 (Hardback), The Scarecrow Press. (ISBN 0-8108-3429-4).

Preceded by Shimon Ratner	Palestine/Eretz Yisrael national football team manager 1938	Succeeded by Arthur Baar

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Israel national football team – Managers

Pollack (1948) • Hess (1949) • Scali (1950) • Beit haLevi (1953–54) • Gibbons (1956) • Beit haLevi (1957) • Varon (1958) • Mándi (1959–63) • Ainsley (1963–64) • Mirmovich (1964) • Mándi (1964) • Mirmovich (1964–65) • Ćirić (1965–68) • Scheffer (1968–70) • Schmilovich (1970–73) • Schweitzer (1973–77) • Scheffer (1978–79) • Mansell (1980–81) • Mirmovich (1983–86) • Mihić (1986–88) • Grundman & Schneor (1988–92) • Scharf (1992–99) • Nielsen (2000–01) • Grant (2002–06) • Kashtan (2006–)