Tadeusz Skowroński (footballer)

Tadeusz Skowroński (born 2 October 1921 - 11 April 1988) was a former Polish footballer who played as a forward. During his career he played for Warta Poznań, Śmigły Wilno, Lechia Gdańsk and Arkonia Szczecin.

Tadeusz Skowroński
Personal information
Full name Tadeusz Skowroński
Date of birth (1921-10-02)2 October 1921
Place of birth Poznań, Poland
Date of death 11 April 1988(1988-04-11) (aged 66)
Place of death Warsaw, Poland
Height 1.70 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
–1937 Warta Poznań
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1938–1939 Śmigły Wilno
1946–1949 Lechia Gdańsk 35 (20)
1950–1951 Arkonia Szczecin 5 (1)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

Biography

Born in Poznań Skowroński played for local side Warta Poznań[1] advancing through the youth sides before leaving for Śmigły Wilno in 1938.[2] In his second season with Śmigły the outbreak of World War II with the Invasion of Poland put Skowroński's career on hold until 1945. Śmigły Wilno was dissolved in 1939, with Vilnius (Polish: Wilno) also becoming a Lithuanian city after the war ended. This led Skowroński to join newly created Lechia Gdańsk in 1946. Skowroński was an important player in Lechia's early history, helping the team to win their district league twice, one of them winning promotion to the I liga[3][4][5] (modern day Ekstraklasa) and being part of the first Lechia team to play in Poland's top division in 1949.[6] In his first season of top flight football he played 15 games scoring 4 goals. After the 1949 season Skowroński left Lechia after the team finished bottom and got relegated.[7] For the 1950 season he moved to Arkonia Szczecin helping the team to win the II liga (group 2) title, and promotion to the I liga. In the top division with Arkonia he played 5 goals scoring 1, being unable to help the side from finishing bottom and being relegated.[8][9] The 1951 season is the last documented season of Skowroński's career leading to the possibility that he retired after the season at the age of 30 and it is unknown what he did after his footballing career. Skowroński died on 11 April 1988 in Warsaw aged 66.

Honours

Lechia Gdańsk

  • II liga (group 3): 1947
  • II liga (group 5): 1948

Arkonia Szczecin

  • II liga (western group): 1950

References
  1. "1936.08.26 Wisła Kraków (J) - Warta Poznań (J) 3:0". historiawisly.pl.
  2. "Biało-Zielona kartka z kalendarza: Wydarzyło się 11 lipca 1948 roku". lechia.pl.
  3. "1948.11.04.Lechia Gdańsk pierwsza liga-a [Sport]". lechia.net.
  4. "1948.11.04.Lechia Gdańsk pierwsza liga-b [Sport]". lechia.net.
  5. "PIŁKA NOŻNA". gedanopedia.pl.
  6. "1949 I liga". lechia.net.
  7. "Poland Final Tables (1st and 2nd level) - 1949". rsssf.com.
  8. "Tadeusz Skowroński". wikiliga.pl.
  9. "Arkonia Szczecin (1951)". wikiliga.pl.
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