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