Antoni Andrzej Łyko (27 May 1907 – 3 June 1941) was a Polish footballer ( striker) and a member of the Poland national football team for the

1938 FIFA World Cup The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, bea ...

. However, he did not actually travel to Strasbourg for the tournament. His club at that time was

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. ...

. He was capped twice for Poland, with both games against Latvia. Implicated in support of the Polish Armed Resistance, Lyko was arrested by the

Gestapo The (), abbreviated Gestapo (; ), was the official secret police of Nazi Germany and in German-occupied Europe. The force was created by Hermann Göring in 1933 by combining the various political police agencies of Prussia into one orga ...

on the streets of Krakow during German occupation in

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, and taken to Auschwitz concentration camp, where he was shot in June 1941.
'Auschwitz, Last Game of the Polish Footballer Antoni Lyko.'' Article by Jose Quesada, translation from Spanish.

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* Andrzej Gowarzewski : "Fuji Football Encyclopedia. History of the Polish National Team (1)White and Red " ;GiA Katowice 1991 1907 births 1941 deaths Polish footballers Wisła Kraków players 1938 FIFA World Cup players Poland international footballers Polish civilians killed in World War II Polish people who died in Auschwitz concentration camp Footballers from Kraków Polish Austro-Hungarians People from the Kingdom of Galicia and Lodomeria Association football forwards Polish people executed in Nazi concentration camps People executed by Nazi Germany by firing squad {{Poland-footy-forward-stub