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Florian Kapała
Florian Kapała (1929 - 2007) was an international speedway rider from Poland. Speedway career Kapała reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1961 Individual Speedway World Championship. He was a four times Polish champion after he won gold at the Polish Individual Speedway Championship in 1953, 1956, 1961 and 1962. Kapała won the World Team Cup with Poland in 1961. In 1956 he toured the United Kingdom with the Polish team, which cost £2,000 to organise and was paid by the Polish Motor Club and British authorities. Although he did not ride in the British leagues throughout his career he nearly signed for Birmingham Brummies in 1957 and was named in the Wimbledon Dons team during the same season. He was working as an ambulance driver in Poland at the time. In 2008 the year after his death, the Kolejarz Rawicz renamed their stadium to the Florian Kapała Stadium, in honour of him. World final appearances Individual World Championship * 1959 - London ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Szymanowo, Rawicz County
Szymanowo () is a village in the administrative district of Gmina Rawicz, within Rawicz County, Greater Poland Voivodeship, in west-central Poland. It lies approximately east of Rawicz and south of the regional capital Poznań Poznań ( ) is a city on the Warta, River Warta in west Poland, within the Greater Poland region. The city is an important cultural and business center and one of Poland's most populous regions with many regional customs such as Saint John's .... References Villages in Rawicz County {{Rawicz-geo-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Wembley Stadium (1923)
Wembley Greyhounds, Wembley Stadium (; originally known as the Empire Stadium) was a Association football, football stadium in Wembley, London, best known for hosting important football matches. It stood on the same site now occupied by its Wembley Stadium, successor. Wembley hosted the FA Cup final annually, the first in 1923 FA Cup final, 1923, which was the stadium's inaugural event, the EFL Cup, League Cup final annually, five UEFA Champions League, European Cup finals, the 1966 FIFA World Cup final, 1966 World Cup final, and the UEFA Euro 1996 final, final of Euro 1996. Brazilian footballer Pelé once said of the stadium: "Wembley is the cathedral of football. It is the capital of football and it is the heart of football", in recognition of its status as the world's best-known football stadium. The stadium also hosted many other sports events, including the 1948 Summer Olympics, rugby league's Challenge Cup final, and the 1992 Rugby League World Cup final, 1992 and 1995 R ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1929 Births
This year marked the end of a period known in American history as the Roaring Twenties after the Wall Street Crash of 1929 ushered in a worldwide Great Depression. In the Americas, an agreement was brokered to end the Cristero War, a Catholic Counter-revolutionary, counter-revolution in Mexico. The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council, a British high court, ruled that Canadian women are persons in the ''Edwards v. Canada (Attorney General)'' case. The 1st Academy Awards for film were held in Los Angeles, while the Museum of Modern Art opened in New York City. The Peruvian Air Force was created. In Asia, the Republic of China (1912–1949), Republic of China and the Soviet Union engaged in a Sino-Soviet conflict (1929), minor conflict after the Chinese seized full control of the Manchurian Chinese Eastern Railway, which ended with a resumption of joint administration. In the Soviet Union, General Secretary of the Communist Party of the Soviet Union, General Secretary Joseph S ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paweł Waloszek
Paweł Waloszek (28 April 1938 – 7 September 2018) was a Polish international motorcycle speedway rider. He was second in 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship. He earned 74 caps for the Poland national speedway team and won the 1965 Speedway World Team Cup with them. Career Waloszek won the Individual Speedway European Championship twice, in 1968 and 1972. He reached five Individual World Championship finals finishing runner-up at the 1970 Individual Speedway World Championship. He also reached the final of the Polish Individual Speedway Championship eighteen times. He rode the majority of his career in his native Poland, representing Stal Świętochłowice in a career that lasted 31 years, from 1955 to 1985. He won the bronze medal of the Team Speedway Polish Championship with Śląsk (1972). Waloszek only rode one season in Great Britain, when he signed for the Leicester Hunters for the 1961 Speedway National League season. He toured the United Kingdom with t ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Joachim Maj
Joachim Maj (21 August 1932 – 20 April 2019) was an international speedway rider from Poland. Speedway career Maj reached the 1958 European Final as part of the 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship. Maj reached the final of the Speedway World Team Cup in the 1962 Speedway World Team Cup where he won a bronze medal. Maj was part of the Górnik/ROW Rybnik team that dominated the Team Speedway Polish Championship during the 1960s and were rewarded with a United Kingdom tour in 1965. World final appearances World Team Cup * 1962 - Slaný (with Marian Kaiser / Florian Kapała / Paweł Waloszek / Mieczysław Połukard) - 3rd - 20pts (4) * 1963 - Vienna, Stadion Wien (with Andrzej Pogorzelski / Marian Kaiser / Henryk Żyto Henryk Żyto (1936–2018) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. He earned 32 international caps for the Poland national speedway team. Speedway career Żyto reached the final of the Speedway World Championship ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Slaný
Slaný (; ) is a town in Kladno District in the Central Bohemian Region of the Czech Republic. It has about 17,000 inhabitants. The historic town centre is well preserved and is protected as an Cultural monument (Czech Republic)#Monument zones, urban monument zone. Administrative division Slaný consists of ten municipal parts (in brackets population according to the 2021 census): *Slaný (13,728) *Blahotice (27) *Dolín (412) *Kvíc (467) *Kvíček (790) *Lotouš (61) *Netovice (77) *Otruby (110) *Trpoměchy (154) *Želevčice (119) Etymology The word ''slaný'' literally means 'salty' in Czech. According to the Wenceslaus Hajek's chronicle records, Slaný was founded at the site of a salt spring below the hill of Slánská hora. Geography Slaný is located about north of Kladno and northwest of Prague. It lies in the Prague Plateau. The highest point and a dominant feature of the town's panorama is the hill Slánská hora at above sea level. The stream of Červený potok ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
1962 Speedway World Team Cup
1962 Speedway World Team Cup was the third edition of the FIM Speedway World Team Cup to determine the team world champions. The final took place in Slaný, Czechoslovakia. The World Champion title was won by Sweden (36 pts) who beat Great Britain (24 pts), Poland (20 pts) and Czechoslovakia (16 pts). Format Qualification Nordic Round * 23 April * Vetlanda, Vetlanda Motorstadion British Round The British Round was cancelled. Great Britain was seeded to the World Final. Central European Round * 15 July * Pavlovičky Stadion, Liberec * West Germany was replaced by second team from Czechoslovakia East European Round * 15 July * Rybnik, Rybnik Municipal Stadium World final * 29 July * Slaný, Slaný Speedway See also * motorcycle speedway * 1962 Individual Speedway World Championship References {{Speedway World Cup seasons 1962 The year saw the Cuban Missile Crisis, which is often considered the closest the world came to a Nuclear warfare, n ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Stanisław Tkocz
Stanisław Tkocz (1936–2016) was an international speedway rider from Poland. Speedway career Tkocz reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on two occasions in the 1961 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1966 Individual Speedway World Championship. He was a two times Polish champion after he won gold at the Polish Individual Speedway Championship in 1958 and 1965. Tkocz reached the 1958 European Final as part of the 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship. Tkocz was part of the Górnik/ROW Rybnik team that dominated the Team Speedway Polish Championship during the 1960s and were rewarded with United Kingdom tours in 1965 and 1966. World final appearances Individual World Championship * 1961 – Malmö, Malmö Stadion – 15th – 3pts * 1966 – Gothenburg, Ullevi – 9th – 7pts World Team Cup * 1961 – Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Marian Kaiser / Henryk Żyto / Mieczysław Połukard / Florian Kapała) – Winner – 32pt ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Mieczysław Połukard
Mieczysław Połukard (1930 in Warsaw Warsaw, officially the Capital City of Warsaw, is the capital and List of cities and towns in Poland, largest city of Poland. The metropolis stands on the Vistula, River Vistula in east-central Poland. Its population is officially estimated at ..., Poland – 26 October 1985 in Bydgoszcz, Poland) was a Polish motorcycle speedway rider and coach, the first Polish rider to ride in the Individual Speedway World Championship, Individual World Championship Final in 1959 Individual Speedway World Championship, 1959 and won the Speedway World Team Cup, World Team Cup in 1961. Career He began his racing career with WTS Wrocław, Sparta Wrocław. In 1955 he moved to Polonia Bydgoszcz. He was the first Polish rider to ride in the Speedway World Championship, Individual World Championship Final (1959) where he finished 12th with 5 points. He also represented Poland speedway team, Poland in the Speedway World Team Cup, World Team Cup three time ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Henryk Żyto
Henryk Żyto (1936–2018) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. He earned 32 international caps for the Poland national speedway team. Speedway career Żyto reached the final of the Speedway World Championship in the 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship. Also in 1960, he rode for Coventry Bees in the British speedway leagues, during the 1960 Speedway National League and won both the Midland Riders' Championship and the Midland Cup. He was the Polish champion during the 1963 Polish speedway season, after he won gold medal at the Polish Individual Speedway Championship. World final appearances Individual World Championship * 1960 - London, Wembley Stadium - 13th - 4pts * 1962 - London, Wembley Stadium - Reserve, did not ride World Team Cup * 1961 - Wrocław, Olympic Stadium (with Marian Kaiser / Mieczysław Połukard / Florian Kapała / Stanisław Tkocz) - Winner - 32pts (12) * 1963 - Vienna Vienna ( ; ; ) is the capital ci ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marian Kaiser
Marian Kaiser (14 January 1933 – 10 April 1991) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland. He earned 31 international caps for the Poland national speedway team. Speedway career Kaiser reached the final of the Speedway World Championship on two occasions, in the 1960 Individual Speedway World Championship and the 1966 Individual Speedway World Championship. In 1956 he toured the United Kingdom with the Polish team, which cost £2,000 to organise and was paid by the Polish Motor Club and British authorities. He was the Polish champion in 1957 after he won gold at the Polish Individual Speedway Championship. Kaiser reached the 1958 European Final as part of the 1958 Individual Speedway World Championship. Coventry Bees promoter Charles Ochiltree unsuccessfully attempted to sign Kaiser out of retirement in 1968. World final appearances Individual World Championship * 1960 - London, Wembley Stadium - 15th - 1pt * 1966 – Gothenburg, Ullevi – 11th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Olympic Stadium (Wrocław)
The Olympic Stadium () is a multi-purpose stadium in Wrocław, Poland. It is the home stadium of Motorcycle speedway, speedway team Sparta Wrocław and American football team Panthers Wrocław. The stadium has a capacity now of 11,000 people and was supposed to be one of the main pitches on UEFA Euro 2012. The newly constructed Stadion Miejski (Wrocław), Stadion Miejski was used for that event instead. History The stadium was built from 1926 to 1928 as ''Schlesierkampfbahn'' (''Silesian Arena'') according to a design by Richard Konwiarz. It was part of a larger sports complex in the city district of Zalesie (then ''Leerbeutel''), again extended from 1935 to 1939 and renamed ''Hermann Göring, Hermann-Göring-Stadion'' under the Nazi Germany, Nazi German authorities. On 16 May 1937, it was the site of the legendary Breslau Eleven football match, when the Germany national football team defeated Denmark national football team, Denmark 8–0. Despite its current Polish name, the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
