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{{Short description|Austrian-Israeli footballer}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2021}}
{{Infobox football biography
| name = Gitschi Pollak
| image = Egon Pollak.jpg
| caption = Egon Pollak in 1939
| fullname = Egon Erwin Pollak
| birth_date = {{birth date|1898|11|12|df=y}}
| birth_place = [[Vienna]], [[Austria-Hungary|Austria]]
| death_date = 21 January 1981 (aged 82)
| death_place = [[Germany]]
| height =
| position = [[defender (football)|Fullback]]
| youthyears1 =
| youthclubs1 =
|  years1 =
| years2 =  1926–1927
|  clubs1 =   [[SC Hakoah Wien|Hakoah Wien]]
| clubs2 = [[New York Giants (soccer)|New York Giants]]
| caps1 =
| caps2 =  19
| goals1 =
| goals2 =  0
| nationalyears1 = 1924
| nationalteam1 = [[Austria national football team|Austria]]
| nationalcaps1 = 1
| nationalgoals1 = 0
| manageryears1 = 1934
| manageryears2 = 1938
| manageryears3 = 1941
| manageryears4 = 1948
| managerclubs1 = [[Maccabi Tel Aviv F.C.|Maccabi Tel Aviv]]
| managerclubs2 = [[Mandatory Palestine national football team|Mandatory Palestine]]
| managerclubs3 = [[Maccabi Rishon LeZion F.C.|Maccabi Rishon LeZion]]<ref>[http://archive.football.org.il/multimedia/PDF/Newspapers/haboker/1940/12-15-1940.pdf E. Pollak – Manager of Team Maccabi Rishon LeZion] HaBoker, 15 December 1940, via archive.football.org.il {{in lang|he}}</ref>
| managerclubs4 = [[Israel national football team|Israel]]
}}
'''Gustav "Egon"''' or '''"Erwin" Pollak''' ({{langx|he|אגון פולק}}, 12 November 1898 – 21 January 1981) was an Austrian-born footballer who played for the famed [[SC Hakoah Wien]] (a.k.a. Hakoah Vienna). He was also the first ever manager of the [[Israel national football team]] in their 3–1 loss to the [[United States men's national soccer team|United States]] just after gaining independence.
==Early life==
Egon Erwin Pollak was born in [[Vienna]], [[Austria-Hungary|Austria]], to a [[Jewish]] family.
==Club career==
Pollak began his career with [[SC Hakoah Wien]] in the Austrian League.  In 1926, he moved to the United States where he played a single season with the [[New York Giants (soccer)|New York Giants]] of the [[American Soccer League (1921–1933)|American Soccer League]].<ref>{{cite book | last = Jose | first = Colin | title = American Soccer League, 1921–1931 | type = Hardback | publisher = The Scarecrow Press | year = 1998 | isbn = 0-8108-3429-4 | id = () }}</ref>
== References ==
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==External links==
* [http://www.jewsinsports.org/profile.asp?sport=soccer&ID=34 jewsinsports.org]
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[[Category:1898 births]]
[[Category:1984 deaths]]
[[Category:Jewish Austrian sportspeople]]
[[Category:Jewish footballers]]
[[Category:Austrian men's footballers]]
[[Category:Austria men's international footballers]]
[[Category:Hakoah Vienna footballers]]
[[Category:New York Giants (soccer) players]]
[[Category:American Soccer League (1921–1933) players]]
[[Category:Austrian football managers]]
[[Category:Israel national football team managers]]
[[Category:Expatriate men's soccer players in the United States]]
[[Category:Austrian expatriate sportspeople in Israel]]
[[Category:Austrian expatriate sportspeople in the United States]]
[[Category:Footballers from Vienna]]
[[Category:Men's association football defenders]]
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