Antoni Komendo-Borowski Explained

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]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Antoni Komendo-Borowski . 90minut.pl . 6 June 2024 . pl.
  2. Web site: Antoni Komendo-Borowski . EU Football . 3 October 2021.
  3. Web site: Antoni Komendo-Borowski . worldfootball.net . 3 October 2021.
  4. Web site: Sportowa rodzina Borowskich . wrotapodlasia.pl . 6 June 2024 . pl . 8 April 2021.
  5. Web site: Odsłonięto pomnik upamiętniający początki Jagiellonii Białystok . sport.tvp.pl . 6 June 2024 . pl . 29 May 2022.