Antoni Łyko
Appearance
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Antoni Andrzej Łyko | ||
Date of birth | 27 May 1907 | ||
Place of birth | Kraków, Austria-Hungary | ||
Date of death | 3 June 1941 | (aged 34)||
Place of death | Auschwitz, Third Reich | ||
Position(s) | Striker | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1929 | Rakowiczanka | ||
1930–1939 | Wisła Kraków | 108 | (30) |
International career | |||
1937–1938 | Poland | 2 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Antoni Andrzej Łyko (27 May 1907 – 3 June 1941) was a Polish footballer (striker) and a member of the Poland national football team for the 1938 FIFA World Cup. However, he did not actually travel to Strasbourg for the tournament. His club at that time was Wisła Kraków. He was capped twice for Poland, with both games against Latvia.[2] Implicated in support of the Polish Armed Resistance, Lyko was arrested by the Gestapo on the streets of Krakow during German occupation in World War II, and taken to Auschwitz concentration camp, where he was shot in June 1941.[1]
References
Sources
- ^ Andrzej Gowarzewski : "Fuji Football Encyclopedia. History of the Polish National Team (1)White and Red " ;GiA Katowice 1991 ISBN 83-900227-0-2
Categories:
- 1907 births
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- Polish footballers
- Wisła Kraków players
- 1938 FIFA World Cup players
- Poland international footballers
- Polish civilians killed in World War II
- Polish people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp
- Sportspeople from Kraków
- Polish Austro-Hungarians
- People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
- Association football forwards
- Polish people executed in Nazi concentration camps
- People executed by Nazi Germany by firing squad
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