Mieczysław Batsch
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Mieczysław Józef Batsch a.k.a. Bacz (1 January 1900 in Lemberg – 9 September 1977 in Przemyśl) was a Polish soccer forward. He represented both Pogoń Lwów and the Poland National Team.
Batsch was a graduate of the mechanical engineering program of Lwów's Technical University (Politechnika Lwowska).
In the 1920s, while he was on the team, Pogoń won multiple national champions (1922, 1923, 1925, 1926). Together with Wacław Kuchar and Józef Garbień, he scored several goals. His career lasted from 1916 to 1929, after which he occasionally played on the team Oldboye Lwów, which consisted of soccer veterans from Lwów.
On the national team he played in 11 games, scoring 1 goal. Batsch was a member of the side that participated in the 1924 Summer Olympics in Paris.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ "Mieczysław Batsch". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
- 1900 births
- 1977 deaths
- Polish men's footballers
- Poland men's international footballers
- Olympic footballers for Poland
- Footballers at the 1924 Summer Olympics
- Pogoń Lwów players
- Footballers from Lviv
- Sportspeople from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
- Polish Austro-Hungarians
- Lviv Polytechnic alumni
- Men's association football forwards
- Polish football forward stubs