Edward Madejski
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edward Dominik Jerzy Madejski | ||
Date of birth | 11 August 1914 | ||
Place of birth | Kraków, Austria-Hungary | ||
Date of death | 15 February 1996 | (aged 81)||
Place of death | Bytom, Poland | ||
Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1931–1932 | Juvenia Kraków | ||
1932–1937 | Wisła Kraków | 64 | (0) |
1939 | Garbarnia Kraków | ||
1939 | Zaolzie Trzyniec | ||
1945–1949 | Polonia Bytom | ||
International career | |||
1936–1938 | Poland | 11 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Edward Dominik Jerzy Madejski (11 August 1914 – 15 February 1996) was a Polish footballer who played as a goalkeeper. A chemistry engineer, he was a graduate of Mining-Metallurgic Academy in Kraków.
Madejski made 11 appearances for the Poland national team, letting 33 goals into his net. His debut in the white-red Polish jersey took place on 6 September 1936 in Belgrade, when Yugoslavia beat Poland 9–3. He was also part of Poland's squad at the 1936 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[1] The last game he played for Poland was a 3–2 loss to Ireland in Dublin on 13 November 1938.
Madejski played at the 1938 FIFA World Cup, and appeared in the 5 June 1938 match against Brazil in Strasbourg, which Poland lost 5–6. At that time, Madejski was banned from playing in any Polish league teams, due to a scandal regarding his transfer from Wisła Kraków to Garbarnia Kraków. As a result, he was not associated with any club for a year.
During the Second World War, Madejski participated in various illegal football tournaments, as all sports in Poland were banned by the German authorities. Arrested by the Gestapo, he spent a few months on death row.
References
[edit]- ^ "Edward Madejski". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- 1914 births
- 1996 deaths
- Footballers from Kraków
- Polish men's footballers
- Poland men's international footballers
- Wisła Kraków players
- Garbarnia Kraków players
- Polonia Bytom players
- Ekstraklasa players
- Olympic footballers for Poland
- Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- 1938 FIFA World Cup players
- Polish Austro-Hungarians
- People detained by the Polish Ministry of Public Security
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Polish prisoners sentenced to death
- People condemned by Nazi courts