Edmund Franciszek Twórz (12 February 1914 – 29 September 1987) was a Polish

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( defender) who was in the Polish squad called up 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, beat ...

, but was left in Poland prior to the beginning of the tournament, as only 15 players went to

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. During that time he played for

Warta Poznań Warta Poznań () is a multi-sports club based in Poznań, Poland. The name means ''the Guard'' in Polish and also the name of the river Warta on which Poznań is located. Founded in 1912, the association football club are two-time winners of the ...

. He was capped six times for Poland: * 1937 : - Bulgaria 3:3 Poland - Poland 2:1 Latvia * 1938 - Latvia 2:1 Poland * 1939 - France 4:0 Poland - Poland 3:3 Belgium - Poland 1:1 Switzerland

References and sources

* Andrzej Gowarzewski : "Fuji Football Encyclopedia : History of the Polish National Team(1) White and Red" ; GiA Katowice 1991 * Polish men's footballers Warta Poznań players 1938 FIFA World Cup players 1914 births 1987 deaths Poland men's international footballers Men's association football defenders People from Śmigiel Footballers from Greater Poland Voivodeship {{Poland-footy-defender-stub