Paweł Szczepan Sobek (23 December 1929 – 14 September 2015) was a Polish
footballer.
Playing career
Club career
Sobek played for
Szombierki Bytom and
Górnik Radlin
Klub Sportowy Górnik Radlin is a Polish sports club based in Radlin. It has football, volleyball, gymnastics, swimming and fencing sections. The volleyball team plays in the Polish Volleyball League (Polska Liga Siatkówki, PLS) and the foo ...
in the
Ekstraklasa.
In 1965 he moved to
Australia
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to play for
Cracovia in
Perth, Western Australia.
After retiring he was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame.
International career
Sobek represented Poland five times in full internationals, including one match at the
1952 Olympic Football tournament.
References
Polish men's footballers
Poland men's international footballers
Olympic footballers for Poland
Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics
Polish emigrants to Australia
Footballers from Bytom
Ekstraklasa players
1929 births
2015 deaths
People from the Province of Upper Silesia
Szombierki Bytom players
Men's association football forwards
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