Leon Sperling

Leon Sperling (August 7, 1900 – December 15, 1941) was a Polish Olympic footballer.[1][2]

Leon Sperling
Sperling (fourth from right) with the Cracovia Kraków team (1921).
Personal information
Date of birth 7 August 1900
Place of birth Kraków, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 15 December 1941(1941-12-15) (aged 41)
Place of death Lwów Ghetto, Poland
Height 1.65 m (5 ft 5 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
National team
Poland 16 (?)

Sperling was born in Kraków, and was Jewish.[3] He was a football forward, playing on the left wing. Sperling represented Cracovia,[4] the team he led in 1921, 1930, and 1932 to the Championship of Poland.[5] He also played in 16 games for the Polish National Team,[6] including Poland's lone game at the 1924 Paris Olympic Games.[7][8][9] He was regarded as a highly skilled dribbler. Sperling is one of Cracovia Kraków's legends.

Sperling was shot to death by the Nazis in the Lwów Ghetto in December 1941.[9][10][2][11] His Jewish teammate, Józef Klotz, was also killed in the Holocaust.[2]

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