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Henryk Czapczyk

Polish footballer and coach From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

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

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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]

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Warta Poznań

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Lech Poznań

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