Marian Spoida Explained

Marian Spoida (4 January 1901 - 16 April 1940) was a Polish soccer-player and later a coach.[1] Born on 4 January 1901 in Poznań, he was executed by the Soviet secret services at Lvov on 16 April 1940, aged 39.[2]

Spoida in the 1920s represented both Warta Poznań and the Poland national team. Later, he became a trainer and together with Józef Kałuża, went to Strasbourg, France, to coach Poland in its FIFA World Cup 1938 5-6 game vs. Brazil (5 June 1938).

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  1. Web site: Marian Spoida . Olympedia . 26 August 2021.
  2. Web site: Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . dead . 17 April 2020 . Sports Reference . 10 April 2020.