Henryk Czapczyk

Henryk Czapczyk (27 August 1922 – 30 August 2010^[2]) was a Polish footballer who played as a striker.

Henryk Czapczyk

Personal information
Date of birth	(1922-08-27)27 August 1922
Place of birth	Poznań, Poland
Date of death	30 August 2010(2010-08-30) (aged 88)
Place of death	Poznań, Poland[1]
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1935–1939	HCP Poznań
1946–1948	Warta Poznań
1949–1953	Lech Poznań
Managerial career
1959–1961	Lech Poznań
1964	Lech Poznań
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Czapczyk was born at Poznań and started his football career at HCP Poznań. During World War II, he was a Home Army soldier, eventually reaching the rank of lieutenant. He commanded an assault unit during the Warsaw Uprising; after its fall, he was imprisoned in several German camps, before being liberated in May 1945.^[3]

He returned to Poland in 1946 to continue his football career. That year, as Warta's captain, he led the team to a second-place finish in the championship and the national title the following year.^[3] In 1949, he joined Lech Poznań, where he remained until his retirement in 1953.^[4]

Honours

Player

Warta Poznań

• Ekstraklasa: 1947^[3]

Manager

Lech Poznań

• II liga North: 1960^[5]

Orders

• Silver Cross of the Virtuti Militari
• Cross of Valour (twice)
• Cross of Merit with Swords
• Cross of the Home Army
• Partisan Cross
• Army Medal
• Victory and Freedom of 1945 Medal
• Grunwald Badge