Aleksander Pychowski (3 November 1903 – 20 October 1943) was a Polish footballer who played as a defender.[3]

Aleksander Pychowski
Personal information
Date of birth (1903-11-03)3 November 1903
Place of birth Kraków, Austria-Hungary[1]
Date of death 20 October 1943(1943-10-20) (aged 39)
Place of death Kraków, Poland[1]
Height 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)[2]
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1922 Polonia Kraków
1922–1925 Cracovia
1925–1935 Wisła Kraków
International career
1925–1926 Poland 3 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Football career

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He played in three matches for the Poland national football team from 1925 to 1926.[4]

He played for Cracovia from 1925 to 1926 when he transferred to its rival Wisla Krakow, for whom he played until 1935. He was a slightly built though athletic man, who played in his spectacles.[1]

Personal life and death

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In the German occupation of Poland in the Second World War Pychowski worked with the Polish underground resistance. In October 1943, finding the Gestapo surrounding the building where he lived in Krakow, he committed suicide to avoid anticipated capture although the Germans were seeking another person. He is buried in the Salwator Cemetery in Krakow.[1]

Honours

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Wisła Kraków

References

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  1. ^ a b c d "Aleksander_Pychowski#Requiescat_in_pace" (in Polish). Retrieved 1 April 2022.
  2. ^ "Aleksander Pychowski". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 7 October 2024.
  3. ^ "Aleksander Pychowski". EU Football. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  4. ^ "Aleksander Pychowski". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  5. ^ "Poland Final Tables (1st and 2nd level)". rsssf.org. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
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