Hubert Gad, also known as Hubert God (August 15, 1914 – July 3, 1939) was a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 soccer

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 player, a very skilled and aggressive forward, who for a while was the top scorer of Poland

Poland national football team

The Poland national football team represents Poland in association football and is controlled by the Polish Football Association, the governing body for football in Poland...

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Born in Świętochłowice, Gad represented both Śląsk Świętochłowice and Poland. In white-red jersey debuted February 16, 1936 at Heysel Stadium in Brussels

Brussels

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. His debut was excellent, as Gad scored a goal and Poland won 2-0.

During the 1936 Summer Olympic Games in Berlin

Berlin

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, he was a key player on the team. Gad, who was regarded as a temporary replacement for Ernest Wilimowski

Ernest Wilimowski

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, proved his excellent quality, scoring 4 goals in the tournament. After the Olympics, represented Poland in additional 4 games, scoring once.

Gad died in 1939 while swimming in a lake. His funeral took place on July 9, 1939, and among pallbearers there were such renowned soccer players as Leonard Piątek

Leonard Piatek

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, Ryszard Piec

Ryszard Piec

Ryszard Leon Piec - Polish soccer player, born Richard Leon Pietz on August 17, 1913 in Schwientochlowitz , Germany,died on January 24, 1979 in his hometown....

, Ewald Dytko

Ewald Dytko

Edward Jan Dytko was a German-born Upper Silesian soccer player, who, when his home country became Poland by Treaty of Versailles represented the no longer existing team of Dąb Katowice, also in 1935-39 he played in the Polish National Team.He was born in Zalenze and since early childhood played...

 and Teodor Peterek

Teodor Peterek

Teodor Peterek , a Polish soccer player from interwar period, forward, represented Ruch Chorzów and Polish National Team...

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