Bernard Bem

Bernard Bem
Personal information
Full name Bernard Ludwik Bem
Date of birth (1936-09-29)29 September 1936
Place of birth Dąbrówka Mała, Poland
Date of death 23 December 2023(2023-12-23) (aged 87)
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
Position(s) Striker
Youth career
KS 22 Dąbrówka Mała
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1956–1957 Kolejarz Katowice
1958–1971 Ruch Chorzów 262 (26)
1972 BKS Stal Bielsko-Biała
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Bernard "Berek" Ludwik Bem, born Bernard Böhm (29 September 1936 – 23 December 2023), was a Polish footballer who played as a striker.[1][2]

Bem was born in Dąbrówka Mała on 29 September 1936. Between 1958 and 1971 he made 308 appearances in total and scored 28 goals,[3] of which 262 were in the top flight in which he scored 26 goals, and won 2 Polish Championships in 1960 and 1968; all with Ruch Chorzów.[1][2] He died on 23 December 2023, at the age of 87.[1] He was buried on 29 December 2023 at the Wróblewskiego Street Cemetery in Katowice.[4]

Honours

Ruch Chorzów

References

  1. ^ a b c "Zmarł Bernard Bem" [Bernard Bem has died] (in Polish). 90minut.pl. 23 December 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  2. ^ a b Andrzej Gowarzewski (2017). Mistrzostwa Polski. Ludzie (1945–1962). 100 lat prawdziwej historii (3) (in Polish). Katowice: Wydawnictwo GiA.
  3. ^ "Zmarł Bernard Bem" [Bernard Bem has died] (in Polish). Ruch Chorzów. 23 December 2023. Retrieved 25 December 2023.
  4. ^ "Pogrzeb Bernarda Bema. Piłkarz był prawdziwą legendą!". Telemagazyn (in Polish). 29 December 2023. Retrieved 29 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Bernard Bem". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 29 August 2024.


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