Władysław Roman Giergiel (29 September 1917 – 17 October 1991) was a Polish

football player A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby ...

and

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. A

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, he played for

Wisła Kraków Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. They currently compete in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system, ...

and made one appearance for the Poland national team in 1947. He managed

Śląsk Wrocław Wrocławski Klub Sportowy Śląsk Wrocław Spółka Akcyjna, commonly known as WKS Śląsk Wrocław (), is a Polish professional Association football, football club based in Wrocław that plays in , the second level of the Polish football leagu ...

and

Górnik Zabrze Górnik Zabrze Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Górnik Zabrze S.A. or simply Górnik Zabrze (), is a Polish association football, football club from Zabrze. Górnik is one of the most successful Polish football clubs in history, winning ...

Honours

Player

Wisła Kraków *

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

1949 Events January * January 1 – A United Nations-sponsored ceasefire brings an end to the Indo-Pakistani War of 1947. The war results in a stalemate and the division of Kashmir, which still continues as of 2025 * January 2 – Luis ...

Manager

Górnik Zabrze * Ekstraklasa: 1965–66 Śląsk Wrocław *

II liga II liga (Druga liga, ), currently named Betclic II liga due to its sponsorship by Betclic, is a Polish football league that sits at the third tier of the Polish football league system. Until the end of the 2007–08 season, ''II Liga'' referre ...

: 1963–64

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* 1917 births 1991 deaths Footballers from Kraków Polish men's footballers Men's association football forwards Poland men's international footballers Wisła Kraków players Ekstraklasa players Polish football managers Zawisza Bydgoszcz managers Śląsk Wrocław managers Górnik Zabrze managers Motor Lublin managers Hutnik Kraków managers Ekstraklasa managers I liga managers Polish expatriate football managers Expatriate soccer coaches in the United States Polish expatriate sportspeople in the United States 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-footy-forward-1910s-stub