Tadeusz Foryś

Tadeusz Foryś (31 October 1910 – 6 March 1987) was a Polish footballer and manager.

Tadeusz Foryś

Personal information
Full name	Tadeusz Antoni Foryś
Date of birth	(1910-10-31)31 October 1910
Place of birth	Kraków, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	6 March 1987(1987-03-06) (aged 76)
Place of death	Warsaw, Poland
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Warszawianka
Managerial career
1938	Poland (assistant)
1948	Polonia Warsaw (assistant)
1948	Poland (assistant)
1948–1949	Polonia Warsaw
1950–1951	Kolejarz-Polonia Warsaw
1950	Poland (assistant)
1951	Poland (assistant)
1951	Gwardia Warsaw
1952	Poland
1953	Poland (assistant)
1954–1957	Lechia Gdańsk
1956	Arka Gdynia
1956	Poland (assistant)
1958–1960	Gwardia Warsaw
1959	Poland (assistant)
1962	Poland (assistant)
1963–1964	Poland
1964–1965	ŁKS Łódź
1966–1967	Odra Opole
1968–1969	GKS Katowice
1969–1971	Ruch Chorzów
1996–1997	Bałtyk Gdynia
1971–1972	Odra Opole
1973–1975	GKS Katowice
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Career

Foryś spent his playing career with Warszawianka.^[1]

After his playing career, he went into coaching and management. In total he was assistant manager of Poland eight times, and the Polish first team manager twice.^[2] In the league he managed Polonia Warsaw,^[3] Gwardia Warsaw, Lechia Gdańsk,^[4] Arka Gdynia,^[5] ŁKS Łódź, Odra Opole, GKS Katowice, Ruch Chorzów,^[6] and Bałtyk Gdynia.^[7]

In 1983 he became an honorary member of the PZPN (Polish Football association).^[8]

Personal life

His father, Walenty Foryś, was the president of the Polish Athletic Association. His brother, Czesław Foryś, was an athlete who competed for Poland in the 1928 Summer Olympics as a 1500m runner. He was the vice president of the Polish Athletic Association from 1949–65, and became an honorary president for the association in 1965.^[9]