Alfred Kobylański

Alfred Kobylański (10 September 1925 – 1 November 2009) was a Polish footballer who played as a Forward.

Alfred Kobylański
Personal information
Full name Alfred Kobylański
Date of birth (1925-09-10)10 September 1925
Place of birth Łazy, Poland
Date of death 1 November 2009(2009-11-01) (aged 84)
Place of death Gdynia, Poland
Height 168 cm (5 ft 6 in)
Playing position(s) Forward
Youth career
Flota Gdynia
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1951–1953 Polonia Warsaw 26 (8)
1954 Polonia Bydgoszcz 11 (0)
1955–1957 Lechia Gdańsk 38 (7)
Total 75 (15)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Biography

Kobylański's first club was Flota Gdynia, who he is known to have played for in the youth sides.[1] He played for Polonia Warsaw from 1951 until 1953 and was part of the team who won the Polish Cup in 1952 by beating main rivals Legia Warsaw in the final.[2] In total for Polonia he made 26 appearances and scored 8 goals in the Ekstraklasa. In 1954 he spent a season at Polonia Bydgoszcz, making 11 appearances,[3] before moving to Lechia Gdańsk the following season. He made his Lechia debut on 25 March 1955 in the 1-0 defeat against Polonia Bytom.[4] In his first season with Lechia he was again in a Polish Cup final against Legia Warsaw, this time being on the wrong end of a 5-0 defeat.[5] In the 1956 season he played 12 times and scored 4 goals as Lechia achieved their greatest achievement in their early history by finishing 3rd in the I liga.[6][7] He left the club midway through the following season having scored a total of 11 goals in 44 games for the club.[8]

Personal life

Kobylański's son is former Polish international and Olympic silver medalist Andrzej Kobylański,[9][10] and his grandson is the footballer Martin Kobylański.[11]

Honours

Polonia Warsaw

  • Polish Cup: 1952

References
  1. "Alfred Kobylański". lechia.gda.pl.
  2. "WIELKI TRIUMF W FINALE PUCHARU POLSKI". kspolonia.pl.
  3. "Alfred Kobylański". wikiliga.pl.
  4. "1955 I Liga". lechia.net.
  5. "Lechia Gdańsk Historia". lechia.pl.
  6. "Tabela - 1956". hppn.pl.
  7. "1956 I Liga". lechia.net.
  8. "1957 I Liga". lechia.net.
  9. "ANDRZEJ KOBYLAŃSKI". 90lat-kszo.pl.
  10. "Andrzej Kobylański". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
  11. "Martin Kobylański kolejnym wzmocnieniem Lechii. Kontrakt na 2,5 roku". trojmiasto.sport.pl.
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