Henryk Baran (29 July 1934 – 28 June 1977) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward, most notably for

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football club based in Gdańsk. The club was founded in 1945 by people expelled from Lwów, who were supporters of Poland's oldest football team Lechia Lwów, founded in 1903. The club's name comes from Lechia, a ...

with whom he spent a season playing in Poland's highest division.

Biography

Born in the Ząbkowice district of Dąbrowa Górnicza, Baran started playing football with his local team Unia Ząbkowice. He played with Unia until 1952, when he joined

I liga I liga ( pl, Pierwsza liga, ), currently named Fortuna I liga due to its sponsorship by Fortuna, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga vi ...

side

. His Lechia debut came on 9 November 1952 playing in the

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in football ( pl, Puchar Polski w piłce nożnej ) is an elimination tournament for Polish football clubs, held continuously from 1950, and is the second most important national title in Polish football after the Ekstraklasa title. ...

against

Śląsk Wrocław Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known as WKS Śląsk Wrocław, Śląsk Wrocław () or simply Śląsk, is a Polish football club based in Wrocław that plays in Ekstraklasa, the highest level of the Polish fo ...

. The following season Baran made his league debut for Lechia, with his I liga debut being made against

Lech Poznań Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional association football, football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation' ...

. Over the course of the 1953 season Baran made 16 appearances and scored 4 goals for Lechia in Poland's top division. Baran was associated with Lechia until 1956, but didn't make another first team appearance after the 1953 season. In 1957 he returned back to Unia Ząbkowice being a player-manager until 1964. In 1977 Baran died from a heart attack aged only 42. He was buried in Dąbrowa Górnicza.

References

{{DEFAULTSORT:Baran, Henryk 1934 births 1977 deaths Polish men's footballers Lechia Gdańsk players Polish football managers Men's association football forwards 20th-century Polish sportsmen People from Dąbrowa Górnicza Footballers from Silesian Voivodeship