Alfred Kobylański Explained

Alfred Kobylański
Fullname:Alfred Kobylański
Birth Date:10 September 1925
Birth Place:Łazy, Poland
Death Place:Gdynia, Poland
Height:168cm
Position:Forward
Youthclubs1:Flota Gdynia
Years1:1951–1953
Clubs1:Polonia Warsaw
Caps1:26
Goals1:8
Years2:1954
Clubs2:Polonia Bydgoszcz
Caps2:11
Goals2:0
Years3:1955–1957
Clubs3:Lechia Gdańsk
Caps3:38
Goals3:7
Totalcaps:75
Totalgoals:15

Alfred Kobylański (10 September 1925 – 1 November 2009) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward.

Biography

Kobylański's first club was Flota Gdynia, who he is known to have played for in the youth sides.[1] He played for Polonia Warsaw from 1951 until 1953 and was part of the team who won the Polish Cup in 1952 by beating main rivals Legia Warsaw in the final.[2] In total for Polonia he made 26 appearances and scored 8 goals in the Ekstraklasa. In 1954 he spent a season at Polonia Bydgoszcz, making 11 appearances,[3] before moving to Lechia Gdańsk the following season. He made his Lechia debut on 25 March 1955 in the 1-0 defeat against Polonia Bytom.[4] In his first season with Lechia he was again in a Polish Cup final against Legia Warsaw, this time being on the wrong end of a 5-0 defeat.[5] In the 1956 season he played 12 times and scored 4 goals as Lechia achieved their greatest achievement in their early history by finishing 3rd in the I liga.[6] [7] He left the club midway through the following season having scored a total of 11 goals in 44 games for the club.[8]

Personal life

Kobylański's son is former Polish international and Olympic silver medalist Andrzej Kobylański,[9] [10] and his grandson is the footballer Martin Kobylański.[11]

Honours

Polonia Warsaw

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alfred Kobylański. lechia.gda.pl.
  2. Web site: WIELKI TRIUMF W FINALE PUCHARU POLSKI. kspolonia.pl.
  3. Web site: Alfred Kobylański. wikiliga.pl.
  4. Web site: 1955 I Liga. lechia.net.
  5. Web site: Lechia Gdańsk Historia. lechia.pl. 2019-10-20. 2017-03-25. https://web.archive.org/web/20170325201410/http://lechia.pl/historia-25. dead.
  6. Web site: Tabela - 1956. hppn.pl.
  7. Web site: 1956 I Liga. lechia.net.
  8. Web site: 1957 I Liga. lechia.net.
  9. Web site: ANDRZEJ KOBYLAŃSKI. 90lat-kszo.pl.
  10. Web site: Andrzej Kobylański. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418071427/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/andrzej-kobylanski-1.html. dead. 2020-04-18. sports-reference.com.
  11. Web site: Martin Kobylański kolejnym wzmocnieniem Lechii. Kontrakt na 2,5 roku. trojmiasto.sport.pl.