Antoni Komendo-Borowski | |
Birth Date: | 6 June 1912 |
Birth Place: | Białystok, Poland |
Death Place: | Bradford, England |
Height: | 1.78 m |
Position: | Forward |
Years1: | 1929–1933 |
Clubs1: | Jagiellonia Białystok |
Years2: | 1933–1939 |
Clubs2: | Pogoń Lwów |
Nationalteam1: | Poland |
Nationalyears1: | 1935 |
Nationalcaps1: | 1 |
Nationalgoals1: | 1 |
Antoni Komendo-Borowski (6 June 1912 - 12 May 1984) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward.[1] [2] [3] He scored in his sole appearance for the Poland national team, in a 3–3 draw against Latvia on 15 September 1935.[4]
During World War II, he fought in the September campaign, following which he was imprisoned in a POW camp in Hungary.[4] In 1944, he was injured in the Battle of Monte Cassino.[5]
A statue commemorating Komendo-Borowski and fellow former Jagiellonia player and soldier, Julian Buchcik, was erected outside the Białystok Stadium in May 2022.[5]