Jan Maciejko
Appearance
Jan Maciejko | |||
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Born |
Tarnów, Austria-Hungary | January 2, 1913||
Died |
October 21, 1993 Kraków, Poland | (aged 80)||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||
Weight | 159 lb (72 kg; 11 st 5 lb) | ||
Position | Goaltender | ||
Played for | Cracovia | ||
National team | Poland | ||
Playing career | 1926–1951 |
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]
References
[edit]- ^ "Biografie (Biography)" (in Polish). Olimpijski.pl. Retrieved 2 September 2018.
External links
[edit]- Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com
Categories:
- 1913 births
- 1993 deaths
- Ice hockey players at the 1948 Winter Olympics
- Knights of the Virtuti Militari
- Cracovia (ice hockey) players
- Olympic ice hockey players for Poland
- Polish ice hockey goaltenders
- Sportspeople from Tarnów
- Ice hockey people from Lesser Poland Voivodeship
- Polish Austro-Hungarians
- Polish military personnel of World War II
- Home Army members
- Polish ice hockey biography stubs