Roman Adamczyk (4 April 1925 – 19 October 1988) was a Polish footballer who played as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. During

World War Two 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 opposin ...

Adamczyk was involved with the Polish resistance , for which he was awarded the

Partisan Cross The Partisan Cross () was a Polish military decoration awarded to World War II partisans (part of resistance movement fighting in the countryside). It was introduced by the Council of Ministers on October 26, 1945. It was awarded from 1945 unt ...

after the wars conclusion. After the war, Adamczyk moved to

Gdańsk Gdańsk ( , also ; ; csb, Gduńsk;Stefan Ramułt, ''Słownik języka pomorskiego, czyli kaszubskiego'', Kraków 1893, Gdańsk 2003, ISBN 83-87408-64-6. , Johann Georg Theodor Grässe, ''Orbis latinus oder Verzeichniss der lateinischen Benen ...

and started playing football with Płomień Nowy Port, spending a short time with the club before joining

Gedania Gdańsk KS Gedania Danzig was an ethnically-Polish association football club that was part of German football competition in the inter-war period. It was formed in 1922 in what was at the time the Free City of Danzig (present day Gdańsk, Poland). Ban ...

for 4 years. In 1949 Adamczyk is documented to have joined

Lechia Gdańsk Lechia Gdańsk () is a Polish football club based in Gdańsk. The club was founded in 1945 by people expelled from Lwów, who were supporters of Poland's oldest football team Lechia Lwów, founded in 1903. The club's name comes from Lechia, a ...

, playing for the club in the league in both 1949 and 1950. He made one appearance for the club in the

I liga I liga ( pl, Pierwsza liga, ), currently named Fortuna I liga due to its sponsorship by Fortuna, is the men's second professional association football division of the Polish football league system, below the Ekstraklasa and above the II liga ...

. His only appearance in the top flight of Polish football came on 10 April 1949 in a 3–0 defeat to

Polonia Warsaw Polonia Warsaw ( pl, Polonia Warszawa, ), founded on 19 November 1911, is the oldest existing Varsovian sports club, best known for its football and basketball teams. It also has track and field, swimming, chess, mountain biking, and contra ...

with his only other appearance, also being a defeat, coming against Pomeranian Toruń. After his stint with Lechia he spent two seasons with AZS Gdańsk before he stopped playing football. His brother,

Zygmunt Adamczyk Zygmunt Adamczyk (1 May 1923 – 19 July 1985) was a former Polish footballer who played as a forward. During the interwar years Adamczyk played in Stalowa Wola. After World War Two finished, he moved to Gdańsk briefly playing with Płomień N ...

, also played with Adamczyk for Płomień Nowy Port, Gedania Gdańsk, and Lechia Gdańsk.

Awards

Order of Polonia Restituta , image=Polonia Restituta - Commander's Cross pre-1939 w rib.jpg , image_size=200px , caption=Commander's Cross of Polonia Restituta , presenter = the President of Poland , country = , type=Five classes , eligibility=All , awar ...

References

1925 births 1988 deaths Gedania 1922 Gdańsk players Lechia Gdańsk players Polish men's footballers Men's association football midfielders People from Wieluń County Footballers from Łódź Voivodeship {{Poland-footy-midfielder-stub