Alfred Tomasz Olek (23 July 1940 – 10 March 2007), was a Polish

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, who played for

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, Scottish club

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and once for the Poland national team. Olek was one of three Polish international players who moved to Hamilton in 1971, the others being Roman Strzałkowski and goalkeeper Witold Szygula. A contemporary report in '' The Herald'' newspaper described it as "one of the strangest transfer deals recorded in Scottish football". The deal was arranged by the Hamilton chairman, Jan Stepek, who was a Polish businessman. Alan Dick, who was the Hamilton club secretary at the time, later reflected that the three players did not stay for very long because they were "clearly too good for us".

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Olek, Alfred 1940 births 2007 deaths People from Świętochłowice Polish men's footballers Poland men's international footballers Górnik Zabrze players Hamilton Academical F.C. players Scottish Football League players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's footballers in Scotland Polish expatriate sportspeople in Scotland Footballers from Silesian Voivodeship Men's association football midfielders