Leonard Malik

Leonard Malik (25 October 1908 – 10 October 1945) was a Polish footballer.[1] He played in one match for the Poland national football team in 1930.[2]

Leonard Malik
Personal information
Date of birth (1908-10-25)25 October 1908
Place of birth Kattowitz, German Empire
Date of death 10 October 1945(1945-10-10) (aged 36)
Place of death Mysłowice, Poland
International career
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1930 Poland 1 (0)

Personal life

Malik's cousin Richard was also a footballer, who played for Germany.[3]

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.[3] 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.[3]

References
  1. "Leonard Malik". EU Football. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  2. "Leonard Malik". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  3. "Piłkarze wyklęci – Leonard i Richard Malikowie". Śląski Związek Piłki Nożnej (in Polish). 28 September 2020. Retrieved 8 November 2021.
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