Bolesław Józef Habowski (13 September 1914 – 21 May 1979) was a Polish football player from interwar period, representing

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. ...

and

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. Habowski's debut in the National Team occurred on 10 October 1937 in

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(Poland –

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4–0). His second and last game in white-red jersey took place in Riga, 25 September 1938 (Latvia – Poland 2–1) scoring a goal in the match. He played in forward, was regarded as a very fast and tough player, who never gave up. In the years 1934–1938 he played in all Wisła Kraków's games in Polish Soccer League. Then, sometime between late 1938 and early 1939, he was purchased by a rising power of Polish soccer, the team of Junak Drohobycz. During the

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, he was captured by the Soviets and forcefully taken to

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. In 1942 he managed to get to the Polish Army in Soviet Union, created by General

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. From there, across Africa, he arrived in England, where he stayed and eventually died.

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