Walery Kosyl Explained

Ntl Team:POL
Played For:ŁKS Łódź
Legia Warszawa
Position:Goaltender
Birth Date:17 March 1944
Birth Place:Alfeld, Nazi Germany
Height Ft:5
Height In:10
Weight Lb:176
Draft:Undrafted
Career Start:1963
Career End:1983

Walery Kosyl (born March 17, 1944) is a former Polish ice hockey goaltender. He played for the Poland men's national ice hockey team at the 1972 Winter Olympics in Sapporo, and the 1976 Winter Olympics in Innsbruck.[1] Kosyl also represented Poland at the IIHF World Championships seven times.

Kosyl was born in Alfeld, Nazi Germany, where his parents, originally from Łódź were forcibly working for the Third Reich.

He played 21 seasons in the Polska Liga Hokejowa with ŁKS Łódź and Legia Warszawa. Kosyl won the Polish championship with Warszawa in 1967.

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  1. https://web.archive.org/web/20200418071520/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/walery-kosyl-1.html Walery Kosyl's profile at Sports Reference.com