Max Wosniak

Max Wosniak
	Wosniak in 1956
Personal information
Date of birth	September 22, 1926
Place of birth	Cologne, Germany
Date of death	July 7, 2023 (aged 96)
Place of death	Encino, California, U.S.
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team
1946-1952	Victoria Świebodzice
1952-1956	Górnik Wałbrzych
1956	Maccabi Jaffa
1957-1959	Hapoel Kfar Saba
International career
	Israel
Managerial career
1967-?	Los Angeles Toros
?-1973	Maccabee Los Angeles
1973	United States
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Max Wozniak (September 22, 1926 – July 7, 2023) was a German-born Polish-American soccer goalkeeper and coach who was briefly head coach of the United States men's national soccer team.^[1]

Biography

Max Wozniak was born in Cologne, on September 22, 1926.^[2]^[3]^[4]

Wozniak played in Victoria Świebodzice (1946–52), Górnik Wałbrzych (1952–56), Maccabi Jaffa (1956), Hapoel Kfar Saba (1957–59) and one match in Israel national team.

In 1967, he coached the Los Angeles Toros of the National Professional Soccer League.^[5] 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.

Wozniak died in Encino, California, on July 7, 2023, at the age of 96.^[7]^[8]

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^ "Max Wozniak". U.S., Public Records Index, 1950–1993, Volume 1. Retrieved March 12, 2023.
^ Andrzej Gowarzewski: MISTRZOSTWA POLSKI. LUDZIE (1945–1962). 100 lat prawdziwej historii (3), Wydawnictwo GiA, Katowice 2017
^ Wozniak, Max (2010). "The Big Boxing Match". In Shelburne, Jeanette (ed.). How We Made Something Out of Nothing - Life Stories and Lessons From Our Generation to Yours (PDF). LA Unified School District. pp. 178–179. Archived from the original (PDF) on October 19, 2013.
^ "NASL Coaches Registry". Archived from the original on July 11, 2010. Retrieved August 1, 2010.
^ "Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame Home".
^ "We mourn the passing of Holocaust survivor Max Wozniak, who died recently at the age of 96". USC Shoah Foundation on Instagram. July 27, 2023. Retrieved October 14, 2023.
^ "Max Susan Wozniak". Forever Missed. Retrieved October 14, 2023.

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