Mieczysław Batsch

Mieczysław Batsch
Personal information
Full name Mieczysław Józef Batsch
Date of birth (1900-01-01)1 January 1900
Place of birth Lemberg, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 27 September 1977(1977-09-27) (aged 77)
Place of death Przemyśl, Poland
Height 1.76 m (5 ft 9 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1916–1929 Pogoń Lwów
1931–1935 Oldboye Lwów
International career
1923–1926 Poland 11 (8)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Mieczysław Józef Batsch a.k.a. Bacz (1 January 1900 – 27 September 1977) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward. He represented Pogoń Lwów, Oldboye 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 experienced players from Lwów.[1]

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.[2]

Honours

Pogoń Lwów

References

  1. ^ "BATSCH Mieczysław". polska-pilka.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 November 2024.
  2. ^ "Mieczysław Batsch". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
  3. ^ "Batsch Mieczysław Józef". olimpijski.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 27 November 2024.


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