Leonard Malik
Polish footballer (1908–1945)
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Leonard Malik (25 October 1908 – 10 October 1945) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward.[2] He earned one cap for the Poland national team in 1930.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 25 October 1908 | ||
| Place of birth | Kattowitz, German Empire | ||
| Date of death | 10 October 1945 (aged 36) | ||
| Place of death | Mysłowice, Poland | ||
| Height | 1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1] | ||
| Position | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1923–1929 | Pogoń Katowice | ||
| 1929–1933 | Polonia Warsaw | ||
| 1934–1938 | Proch Pionki | ||
| International career | |||
| 1930 | Poland | 1 | (1) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1934–1938 | Proch Pionki (player-manager) | ||
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Personal life
Malik's cousin Richard was also a footballer, who played for Germany.[4]
Malik, who briefly served in the Polish Army in 1929, was an ethnic German of socialist views which caused him to be jailed at Bereza Kartuska Prison in 1938-39 as an opponent of the interwar Polish government. During the German occupation of Poland in the Second World War, Malik ran a casino for Wehrmacht personnel in Pionki.[4] Accused of being a Gestapo informant, he was arrested by the Polish People's Republic and died in a forced labour camp on 10 October 1945.[4]
