Henryk Wróbel (footballer)
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 19 December 1934 | ||
| Place of birth | Poznań, Poland | ||
| Date of death | 14 September 2024 (aged 89) | ||
| Place of death | Poznań, Poland | ||
| Height | 1.72 m (5 ft 8 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| HCP Poznań | |||
| –1952 | Drukarz Poznań | ||
| 1952–1955 | Lech Poznań | ||
| 1955–1956 | Zawisza Bydgoszcz | ||
| 1956–1963 | Lech Poznań | 208 | |
| Managerial career | |||
| Lech Poznań U18 | |||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Henryk Wróbel (19 December 1934 – 14 August 2024) was a Polish footballer who played as a midfielder. He was considered one of Lech Poznań's club legends.[1]
During his career, he played as a midfielder, usually on the left.[2] After three years of playing for the HCP factory club,[2] he transferred to Drukarz Poznań.[2]
He joined Lech Poznań in 1952, when club legends Henryk Czapczyk and Teodor Anioła were still there.[3] He then completed his mandatory military service at Zawisza Bydgoszcz from which he returned to Lech 1956.[2]
At Lech, he made 133 appearances in the second division[1] and between 1957 and 1963 he made 75 appearances in the top flight[4] Overall, he made in total 288 appearances for the club, including those in the third division when Lech suffered two relegations there.[2]
He won the junior national title as manager of Lech's youth team in 1995.[1] As a coach there, he worked with future first team and national team players Piotr Reiss, Arkadiusz Głowacki, Artur Wichniarek and Bartosz Bosacki.[1]
He remained an active supporter of Lech throughout his life and lived in his later years in the Grunwald district of Poznań.[1]
References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "Pan Henryk kibicuje" [Mr Henryk supports], lechpoznan.pl (in Polish), Lech Poznań, 7 April 2023
- ^ a b c d e Maciej Lehmann (23 August 2024), Pogrzeb Henryka Wróbla. Byłego piłkarza i trenera Lecha Poznań żegnały tłumy [Henryk Wróbel's funeral. Large crowds bid farewell to former Lech Poznań footballer and coach], Głos Wielkopolski
- ^ Radosław Nawrot (19 April 2018), "Lech Poznań zaprosił na spotkanie swoje gwiazdy. Przyszli przedstawiciele kilku pokoleń" [Lech Poznań invited its start to its meeting. Representatives of several generations attended.], poznan.wyborcza.pl (in Polish), Poznań: Gazeta Wyborcza Poznań (Lech Poznań)
- ^ Lech Poznań (14 August 2024), Zmarł Henryk Wróbel (in Polish), 90minut.pl
External links
[edit]- Henryk Wróbel at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
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