Ryszard Władysław Szymczak (14 December 1944, in
Pruszków
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– 7 December 1996, in
Warsaw
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) was a
Polish
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football
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player.
On the national level he played for
Poland national team (two matches) and was a participant at the
1972 Summer Olympics
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, where his team won the gold medal.
References
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Polish Olympic Committee website
1944 births
1996 deaths
Polish men's footballers
Polish expatriate men's footballers
Poland men's international footballers
Footballers at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Olympic gold medalists for Poland
Olympic footballers for Poland
Ekstraklasa players
US Boulogne players
People from Pruszków
Olympic medalists in football
Gwardia Warsaw players
Footballers from Masovian Voivodeship
Medalists at the 1972 Summer Olympics
Men's association football forwards
Polish expatriate sportspeople in France
Expatriate men's footballers in France
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