Adam Kowalski (ice hockey)

Adam Kowalski
Born (1912-12-19)19 December 1912
Stanisławów, Austria-Hungary
Died 9 December 1971(1971-12-09) (aged 58)
Kraków, Poland
Height 5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight 159 lb (72 kg; 11 st 5 lb)
Position Forward
Played for Cracovia
National team  Poland
Playing career 1928–1939
1945–1951

Adam Kowalski (19 December 1912 – 9 December 1971) was a Polish athlete. As an ice hockey player he played for Cracovia. With Cracovia he won the Polish league championship three times, in 1937, 1946, and 1947. He also played for the Polish national team at the 1932, 1936 and 1948 Winter Olympics and four world championships: 1935, 1937, 1938, and 1939. He died in 1971 in Kraków.[1]

Kowalski fought in Poland's defense during the German invasion of Poland at the start of World War II in September 1939.[2] He was taken prisoner by the Germans probably on 21 September 1939 in Lubliniec, and afterwards, he was held in the Oflag XI-B and Oflag II-C prisoner-of-war camps.[2]

References

  1. ^ "Biografie (Biography)" (in Polish). Olimpijski.pl. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
  2. ^ a b Urban, Renata (2021). "Polscy olimpijczycy w niemieckich obozach jenieckich". Łambinowicki rocznik muzealny (in Polish). 44. Opole: 35. ISSN 0137-5199.
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