Władysław Król (30 October 1907 – 29 January 1991) was a Polish

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and

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player and coach. He played for

ŁKS Łódź ŁKS Łódź (''Łódzki Klub Sportowy Łódź''; ) is a Polish sports club based in Łódź. They are best known for their football club but are represented in many sports such as basketball, volleyball, boxing, and in the past ice hockey, ...

in both sports during his career. Internationally, he played four games for the

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, and with the

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at the

1936 Winter Olympics The 1936 Winter Olympics, officially known as the IV Olympic Winter Games () and commonly known as Garmisch-Partenkirchen 1936, were a winter multi-sport event held from 6 to 16 February 1936 in the market town of Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Nazi Ger ...

, as well as the 1938 World Championship. After his playing career, he turned to coaching, remaining with the ŁKS Łódź football club, whom he managed at various times from 1939 until 1966. Since 2021, he has been the patron of the ŁKS Łódź Municipal Stadium.

Honours

Football manager

ŁKS Łódź *

Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

1958 Events January * January 1 – The European Economic Community (EEC) comes into being. * January 3 – The West Indies Federation is formed. * January 4 ** Edmund Hillary's Commonwealth Trans-Antarctic Expedition completes the thir ...

Polish Cup The Polish Cup in Association football, football ( ) is an annual Single-elimination tournament, knockout football competition for Polish football club (association football), football clubs, held continuously since 1950, and is the second most i ...

: 1956–57

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* * 1907 births 1991 deaths People from Łęczna County People from Lublin Governorate Sportspeople from Lublin Voivodeship Polish men's footballers Polish ice hockey forwards Olympic ice hockey players for Poland Ice hockey players at the 1936 Winter Olympics Men's association football forwards Poland men's international footballers KS Lublinianka players ŁKS Łódź players Ekstraklasa players Polish football managers ŁKS Łódź managers Widzew Łódź managers Ekstraklasa managers Men's association football player-managers 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-icehockey-bio-stub