Max Wosniak
Polish football player and manager
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| Intro | Polish football player and manager | |
| Places | Poland United States of America | |
| is | Athlete Football player Association football player Sports official Association football manager | |
| Work field | Sports | |
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| Birth | 22 September 1926, Cologne, Cologne Government Region, North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany | |
| Age | 98 years | |
| Star sign | Virgo | |
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Max Wozniak (born September 22, 1926, in Cologne) was a Polish soccer goalkeeper and manager who was briefly head coach of the United States men's national soccer team.
He played in Victoria Świebodzice (1946–52), Górnik Wałbrzych (1952–56), Hapoel Kfar Saba (1957–59) and one match in Israel national football team.
In 1967, he coached the Los Angeles Toros of the National Professional Soccer League. After leading Maccabee Los Angeles to victory in the 1973 National Challenge Cup, Wozniak became head coach of the U.S. national team. He was in charge for two games, losing both. Future national team head coach Walter Chyzowych was his assistant.
In 1993 he was inducted into the Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.