Spirydion Albański
Polish footballer (1907–1992) / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Spirydion Jan Albański (4 October 1907 – 30 March 1992), nicknamed "Spirytus" and "Romek", was a Polish football goalkeeper in the 1930s. He played for Pogoń Lwów and the Poland National Team.
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Spirydion Jan Albański | ||
Date of birth | (1907-10-04)4 October 1907 | ||
Place of birth | Lemberg, Austria-Hungary | ||
Date of death | 30 March 1992(1992-03-30) (aged 84) | ||
Place of death | Katowice, Poland | ||
Height | 1.76 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in) | ||
Position(s) | Goalkeeper | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1928–1939 | Pogoń Lwów | 234 | (0) |
1939–1940,1944 | Dynamo Lwów | ||
1941 | Spartak Lwów | ||
1944–1945 | Resovia Rzeszów | ||
1945–1946 | Pogoń Katowice | ||
International career | |||
1931–1936 | Poland | 18 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
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Albański was born in Lwów (Lviv). He graduated from high school after the Second World War, when he was forced to move from Lwów to Upper Silesia, worked in the coal-mining industry. He was later a civil servant, and also a soccer coach.