Stanislaw Pilecki (4 February 1947 – 20 December 2017) was an Australian
rugby union
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player with Polish roots. He was born in a refugee camp in
Augustdorf,
Germany
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, with his family emigrating to
Australia in 1950. He was also an Old Boy of
Marist College Rosalie in
Brisbane
Brisbane ( ) is the capital and most populous city of the states and territories of Australia, Australian state of Queensland, and the list of cities in Australia by population, third-most populous city in Australia and Oceania, with a populati ...
.
Pilecki was the first player to play 100 matches for
Queensland Reds
The Queensland Reds is the rugby union team for the Australian state of Queensland that competes in the Southern Hemisphere's Super Rugby competition. Prior to 1996, they were a representative team selected from the rugby union club competitions ...
, playing 122 matches in total. Pilecki also played 18 tests, and was the first player of
Polish descent to play for Australia.
The
Pilecki Medal is an award given to the Queensland Reds player of the year each season.
References
Stan Pilecki at Reds Rugby
1947 births
2017 deaths
Australian people of Polish descent
Australian rugby union players
Australia international rugby union players
Rugby union props
Recipients of the Medal of the Order of Australia
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