Erwin Nyc

Erwin Peter Nytz or Edward Piotr Nyc (24 May 1914 – 1 May 1988) was a Polish footballer who played as a midfielder.

Erwin Nyc

Personal information
Full name	Erwin Peter Nytz
Date of birth	(1914-05-24)24 May 1914
Place of birth	Kattowitz (Katowice), German Empire (now Poland)
Date of death	1 May 1988(1988-05-01) (aged 73)
Place of death	Piekary Śląskie, Poland
Height	1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1929–1935	Pogoń Katowice
1935–1939	Polonia Warsaw
1939	1. FC Katowice
1940–1941	LSV Markersdorf
1942–1943	LSV Furstenwalde
1945–1947	Pogoń Katowice
International career
1937–1939	Poland	11	(0)
Managerial career
	Raków Częstochowa
	CKS Częstochowa
	Siemianowiczanka Siemianowice
	Polonia Piekary Śląskie
	Górnik Wojkowice
	GKS Świętochłowice
	AKS Chorzów
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Nytz was born 24 May 1914 in Kattowitz (Katowice), German Empire (now Poland). In the late 1930s, Nyc played for Polonia Warsaw, and also represented the Poland national football team. He participated in one of the highest scoring matches in the FIFA World Cup history, a 5–6 loss to Brazil on 5 June 1938 in Strasbourg during the 1938 FIFA World Cup.

During the Second World War, Nyc returned to Upper Silesia, where for a while he played for a German minority team 1. FC Katowice. Called up to the German Army, he continued his career in the military teams of the Luftwaffe and the garrison of Berlin.

After the war, Nyc, unlike many of his fellow Silesian-German soccer players, remained in his homeland under Communist Poland. Initially, he had many problems with the Communist government, which regarded him as a traitor. However, a group of players from Kraków and Warsaw claimed that he had never betrayed Poland and had actively supported Polish underground organizations.

Name

Born Erwin Nytz, after the restoration of Poland's sovereignty he changed his last name back to its Polish version. During the Second World War his last name was again germanized. After the war, this change was annulled.

See also

• Brazil vs Poland at the 1938 FIFA World Cup