| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alfred Kobylański | ||
| Date of birth | (1925-09-10)10 September 1925 | ||
| Place of birth | Łazy, Poland | ||
| Date of death | 1 November 2009(2009-11-01) (aged 84) | ||
| Place of death | Gdynia, Poland | ||
| Height | 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Youth career | |||
| Flota Gdynia | |||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1951–1953 | Polonia Warsaw | 26 | (8) |
| 1954 | Polonia Bydgoszcz | 11 | (0) |
| 1955–1957 | Lechia Gdańsk | 38 | (7) |
| Total | 75 | (15) | |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Alfred Kobylański (10 September 1925 – 1 November 2009) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward.
Biography
Kobylański's first club was Flota Gdynia, who he is known to have played for in the youth sides. He played for Polonia Warsaw from 1951 until 1953 and was part of the team who won the Polish Cup in 1952 by beating main rivals Legia Warsaw in the final. In total for Polonia he made 26 appearances and scored 8 goals in the Ekstraklasa. In 1954 he spent a season at Polonia Bydgoszcz, making 11 appearances, before moving to Lechia Gdańsk the following season. He made his Lechia debut on 25 March 1955 in the 1-0 defeat against Polonia Bytom. In his first season with Lechia he was again in a Polish Cup final against Legia Warsaw, this time being on the wrong end of a 5-0 defeat. In the 1956 season he played 12 times and scored 4 goals as Lechia achieved their greatest achievement in their early history by finishing 3rd in the I liga. He left the club midway through the following season having scored a total of 11 goals in 44 games for the club.
Personal life
Kobylański's son is former Polish international and Olympic silver medalist Andrzej Kobylański, and his grandson is the footballer Martin Kobylański.
Honours
Polonia Warsaw
- Polish Cup: 1952
References
- "Alfred Kobylański". lechia.gda.pl.
- "WIELKI TRIUMF W FINALE PUCHARU POLSKI". kspolonia.pl.
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- "Lechia Gdańsk Historia". lechia.pl. Archived from the original on 25 March 2017. Retrieved 20 October 2019.
- "Tabela - 1956". hppn.pl.
- "1956 I Liga". lechia.net.
- "1957 I Liga". lechia.net.
- "ANDRZEJ KOBYLAŃSKI". 90lat-kszo.pl.
- "Andrzej Kobylański". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
- "Martin Kobylański kolejnym wzmocnieniem Lechii. Kontrakt na 2,5 roku". trojmiasto.sport.pl.