| Florian Kapała | |
| Nationality: | Polish |
| Birth Date: | 28 March 1929 |
| Birth Place: | Szymanowo, Poland |
| Death Date: | 19 November 2007 (aged 78) |
| Death Place: | Tarnów, Poland |
| Career1: | Rawicz |
| Years1: | 1948-1950, 1952-1957 |
| Career2: | Ostrów |
| Years2: | 1951 |
| Career3: | Rzeszów |
| Years3: | 1958-1967 |
| Indivyear1: | 1961 |
| Indivhonour1: | Speedway World Championship finalist |
| Indivyear2: | 1953, 1956, 1961, 1962 |
| Indivhonour2: | Polish champion |
| Indivyear3: | 1961 |
| Indivhonour3: | Continental Final Champion |
| Indivyear4: | 1961 |
| Indivhonour4: | Poland Golden Helmet Winner |
| Teamyear1: | 1961 |
| Teamhonour1: | World Team Cup Winner |
| Teamyear2: | 1960, 1961 |
| Teamhonour2: | Polish League Champion |
Florian Kapała (1929 - 2007) was an international speedway rider from Poland.[1]
Kapała reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1961 Individual Speedway World Championship.[2]
He was a four times Polish champion after he won gold at the Polish Individual Speedway Championship in 1953, 1956, 1961 and 1962.[3] Kapała won the World Team Cup with Poland in 1961.
In 1956 he toured the United Kingdom with the Polish team, which cost £2,000 to organise and was paid by the Polish Motor Club and British authorities.[4] Although he did not ride in the British leagues throughout his career he nearly signed for Birmingham Brummies in 1957[5] and was named in the Wimbledon Dons team during the same season. He was working as an ambulance driver in Poland at the time.[6]
In 2008 the year after his death, the Kolejarz Rawicz renamed their stadium to the Florian Kapała Stadium, in honour of him.[7]