Edouard Wojtczak

Edouard Wojtczak
Personal information
Full name Edouard Andrew Wojtczak
Date of birth 29 April 1921
Place of birth Syzran, Russia
Date of death 11 March 1995(1995-03-11) (aged 73)
Place of death London, England
Playing position Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
Polish Army ? (?)
1946–1947 York City 8 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.

Edouard Andrew Wojtczak (29 April 1921 – 11 March 1995) was a Russian-born Polish footballer.

Career

Wojtczak worked as a tank commander in World War II.[1] He was a member of the Second Polish Army Division, who were stationed in York and signed for York City as an amateur in October 1946.[1][2] After making a typically acrobatic save, he would often bow to the crowd.[1] He made a total of eight appearances for York.[3]

He would star in ice shows as a skater and walked from York to London on ice skates to publicise a show.[1] He moved to London in 1956 and edited Polish quarterly magazine Fotorama.[4] He died at St Anthony's Hospital, North Cheam after an unsuccessful triple heart by-pass operation.[4]

Notes

  1. 1 2 3 4 "City's United Nations". York City South. Retrieved 26 September 2007.
  2. Hugman, Barry J. (2005). The PFA Premier & Football League Players' Records 1946-2005. Queen Anne Press. p. 670. ISBN 1-85291-665-6.
  3. Batters, Dave (1990). "York City Career Records". York City: A Complete Record 1922-1990. The Breedon Books Publishing Company Limited. p. 429. ISBN 0-907969-69-0.
  4. 1 2 Jarred, Martin; Windross, Dave (1997). "Football League Players". Citizens and Minstermen, A Who's Who of York City FC 1922-1997. Citizen Publications. p. 114. ISBN 0-9531005-0-2.
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