Jan Maciejko Explained

Played For:Cracovia
Birth Date:January 2, 1913
Birth Place:Tarnów, Austria-Hungary
Death Place:Kraków, Poland
Ntl Team:Poland
Height Ft:5
Height In:7
Weight Lb:159
Position:Goaltender
Career Start:1926
Career End:1951

Jan Wincenty Maciejko (2 January 1913 — 21 October 1993), was a Polish ice hockey goaltender. He played for Cracovia during his career. He also played for the Polish national team at the 1948 Winter Olympics and several World Championships. During the invasion of Poland at the onset of the Second World War he served in the Karpaty Army and was wounded near the town of Biłgoraj, and later fought with the Home Army. For this he was made a knight of the Virtuti Militari.[1]

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Biografie (Biography). Polish. Olimpijski.pl. 2 September 2018.