Bronisław "Jerry" Sularz (born January 27, 1942 in

Wałbrzych Wałbrzych (; german: Waldenburg; szl, Wałbrzich; sli, label= Lower Silesian, Walmbrig or ''Walmbrich''; cs, Valbřich or ) is a city located in the Lower Silesian Voivodeship, in southwestern Poland. From 1975–1998 it was the capital of W ...

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) was a Polish

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who spent four seasons in the

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, at least two in the American Soccer League and six in Poland. Sularz began his career in Poland, playing with for

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. In 1973, he moved to

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of the

. He remained with the team through the 1975 season before spending 1976 with the

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. In 1977, he moved to the

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of the American Soccer League. He later played for Garfield Vistula and the Hoboken Travelers, an over 40 team.

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NASL Stats1974 Cosmos Team PhotoObituary
{{DEFAULTSORT:Sularz, Jerry 1942 births 2007 deaths American Soccer League (1933–1983) players Boston Minutemen players Connecticut Wildcats soccer players Garfield Vistula players Górnik Wałbrzych players New Jersey Americans (ASL) players New York Cosmos players North American Soccer League (1968–1984) players Polish footballers Polish expatriate footballers Vanderbilt Commodores men's soccer players People from Wałbrzych Sportspeople from Lower Silesian Voivodeship Association football goalkeepers Polish expatriate sportspeople in the United States Expatriate soccer players in the United States