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Józef Kucharski (16 April 1910 – 29 October 1944) was a Polish
footballer 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 lea ...
who played as a defender.


Personal life

Kucharski served in the
Invasion of Poland The invasion of Poland, also known as the September Campaign, Polish Campaign, and Polish Defensive War of 1939 (1 September – 6 October 1939), was a joint attack on the Second Polish Republic, Republic of Poland by Nazi Germany, the Slovak R ...
during the
Second World War World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
. He later fled the country and joined the
Polish Armed Forces in the West The Polish Armed Forces in the West () refers to the Polish Armed Forces, Polish military formations formed to fight alongside the Allies of World War II, Western Allies against Nazi Germany and its Axis powers, allies during World War II. Poli ...
, serving in the 1st Armoured Division. On 29 October 1944, he died of wounds sustained in combat in
the Netherlands , Terminology of the Low Countries, informally Holland, is a country in Northwestern Europe, with Caribbean Netherlands, overseas territories in the Caribbean. It is the largest of the four constituent countries of the Kingdom of the Nether ...
. He was awarded the Cross of Valour for his service.


References

1910 births 1944 deaths People from Przemyśl County Footballers from Subcarpathian Voivodeship Polish men's footballers Men's association football defenders Pogoń Lwów players Ekstraklasa players Polish September Campaign participants Polish military personnel killed in World War II Recipients of the Cross of Valour (Poland) 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-footy-defender-1910s-stub