Józef Kotlarczyk (13 February 1907 – 28 September 1959) was a Polish football forward, who capped 30 times for the national team of Poland (1931–1937).
Kotlarczyk began his career in a local team
Nadwiślan Kraków, and in 1927 moved to
Wisła Kraków
Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. It currently competes in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system. It ...
, where he played until 1939, scoring 13 goals in 244 games. He was the captain of Wisła, as well as of the
Poland
Poland, officially the Republic of Poland, is a country in Central Europe. It is divided into 16 administrative provinces called voivodeships, covering an area of . Poland has a population of over 38 million and is the fifth-most populous ...
national team. In 1936 he played for Poland during the
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...
.
At first, Kotlarczyk was a forward, then moved to midfield. He was a very aggressive player, always keen on attacking the opponent.
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1907 births
1959 deaths
Burials at Rakowicki Cemetery
Polish men's footballers
Poland men's international footballers
Olympic footballers for Poland
Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Footballers from Kraków
Wisła Kraków players
Polish Austro-Hungarians
Sportspeople from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria
Men's association football midfielders
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