Teodor Anioła | |
Birth Date: | 4 November 1925 |
Birth Place: | Poznań, Poland |
Death Place: | Poznań, Poland |
Height: | 1.72 m |
Position: | Midfielder |
Years1: | 1945–1961 |
Clubs1: | Lech Poznań |
Caps1: | 196 |
Goals1: | 141 |
Nationalyears1: | 1950–1954 |
Nationalteam1: | Poland |
Nationalcaps1: | 7 |
Nationalgoals1: | 2 |
Teodor Anioła (4 November 1925 – 10 July 1993) was a Polish professional footballer who played as a midfielder. Considered an icon of Lech Poznań, he earned the nickname "Diabeł" ("the Devil") for his performances as a midfielder and right-winger, which in total brought him 141 goals in 196 Polish top division games.
He has been voted Poznań's most popular sportsman in history, also in the 1985 survey in Poznań's local newspaper was voted the greatest athlete of the last 40 years. He scored two goals in seven international appearances for the Poland national team.
He was the brother of fellow footballer Jan Anioła.