Lucjan Kulej, '' nom de guerre'' Ostoja (November 26, 1896 – July 13, 1971) was a Polish jurist and

ice hockey Ice hockey (or simply hockey) is a team sport played on ice skates, usually on an ice skating rink with lines and markings specific to the sport. It belongs to a family of sports called hockey. In ice hockey, two opposing teams use ice h ...

player who competed in the

1928 Winter Olympics The 1928 Winter Olympics, officially known as the II Olympic Winter Games (french: IIes Jeux olympiques d'hiver; german: II. Olympische Winterspiele; it, II Giochi olimpici invernali; rm, II Gieus olimpics d'enviern) and commonly known as St. M ...

. He was born in Danków,

Częstochowa County __NOTOC__ Częstochowa County ( pl, powiat częstochowski) is a unit of territorial administration and local government (powiat) in Silesian Voivodeship, southern Poland. It came into being on January 1, 1999, as a result of the Polish local govern ...

, and died in Katowice. In 1928, he participated with the Polish ice hockey team in the Olympic tournament. During

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 ...

, he was a member of Armia Krajowa and was a judge in an underground court. He took a part in the

Warsaw Uprising The Warsaw Uprising ( pl, powstanie warszawskie; german: Warschauer Aufstand) was a major World War II operation by the Polish underground resistance to liberate Warsaw from German occupation. It occurred in the summer of 1944, and it was led ...

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Lucjan Kulej (1896-1971)
Polski Komitet Olimpijski 1896 births 1971 deaths AZS Warszawa (ice hockey) players Home Army members Ice hockey players at the 1928 Winter Olympics Olympic ice hockey players for Poland People from Kłobuck County Poland men's national ice hockey team coaches Ice hockey people from Silesian Voivodeship Polish ice hockey coaches Warsaw Uprising insurgents {{Poland-icehockey-bio-stub