Stefan Fryc

Stefan Fryc

Stefan Fryc in 1922
Personal information
Date of birth	(1894-08-10)10 August 1894
Place of birth	Nowa Wieś Szlachecka, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	9 November 1943(1943-11-09) (aged 49)
Place of death	Warsaw, Poland
Height	1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)[1]
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1910–1926	Cracovia
1927	Legia Kraków
International career
1913	Galicia	1	(0)
1922–1924	Poland	8	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Stefan Fryc (10 August 1894 – 9 November 1943) was a Polish footballer who played as a defender.^[2] He competed in the men's tournament at the 1924 Summer Olympics.^[3]

He took part in the Polish Defensive War of 1939 with the rank of artillery reserve lieutenant.^[4] He was interned in Hungary. In 1943, he returned to the country and settled in Warsaw. In November that year, he was arrested and murdered by the SS in a mass execution held in the Warsaw Ghetto.^[5][6][7] Claims have been made that he died in the Warsaw Uprising instead.^{[citation needed]}

Honours

Cracovia

• Ekstraklasa: 1921^[4]

References

1. "Stefan Fryc". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 19 August 2024.
2. "Stefan Fryc". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 22 October 2020.
3. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Stefan Fryc Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
4. "Stefan Fryc". olimpijski.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 19 August 2024.
5. "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 5 October 2018.
6. "Stefan Fryc". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 August 2021.
7. "Olympedia – Stefan Fryc". www.olympedia.org. Retrieved 6 June 2024.

External links

• Stefan Fryc at WorldFootball.net
• Stefan Fryc at EU-Football.info
• Stefan Fryc at the Polish Olympic Committee (archived) (in Polish)
• Stefan Fryc at Olympedia