Henryk Jaźnicki Explained

Henryk Jaźnicki
Fullname:Henryk Jaźnicki
Birth Date:1917 9, df=y
Birth Place:Radzyń Podlaski, Congress Poland
Death Place:Józefów, Poland
Position:Forward
Years1:1938–1939
Years2:1945
Years3:1945–1946
Years4:1947–1952
Clubs3:Społem Warsaw
Clubs4:Polonia Warsaw
Caps1:26
Goals1:12
Nationalyears1:1939
Nationalteam1:Poland
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0

Henryk Jaźnicki (6 September 1917 – 25 February 2004) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward. Representing Polonia Warsaw, he also played for their basketball, volleyball and handball teams.[1]

Jaźnicki made his sole appearance for the Poland national football team on 27 August 1939 in Warsaw, in a 4–2 win over Hungary, and was replaced in the 31st minute by Stanisław Baran.

After the Second World War, Jaźnicki returned to Polonia, where he continued his career until 1952. He not only excelled in football - he also played volleyball (winning three national titles), basketball (national title in 1947) and handball (runners-up in 1947). During the war, he fought in the Polish September Campaign, was caught by the Germans, was a prisoner of notorious Pawiak prison in Warsaw, before being shuttled to Sachsenhausen and Mauthausen camps.

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  1. Web site: Henryk Jaźnicki . worldfootball.net . 3 October 2021.