Tadeusz Synowiec was a Polish

Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian exclave, to the north...

 soccer player, midfielder and forward, later a coach and journalist, graduate of Kraków’s Jagiellonian University

Jagiellonian University

The Jagiellonian University was established in 1364 by Casimir III the Great in Kazimierz . It is the oldest university in Poland, the second oldest university in Central Europe and one of the oldest universities in the world....

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All career played for the team of Cracovia, also was captain of Polish National Team in the historic, first game against Hungary (Budapest

Budapest

Budapest is the capital of Hungary. As the largest city of Hungary, it is the country's principal political, cultural, commercial, industrial, and transportation centre. In 2011, Budapest had 1,733,685 inhabitants, down from its 1989 peak of 2,113,645 due to suburbanization. The Budapest Commuter...

, December 21, 1921). Also was captain of Cracovia, where, in the years 1910-1924, played in 318 games.

After finishing career became a coach and a journalist. Was the first editor-in-chief of Polish sports daily Przeglad Sportowy

Przeglad Sportowy

Przeglad Sportowy is the oldest and largest Polish sports daily, founded in 1921 in Kraków. In 1926 it initiated an annual, popular plebiscite for the Polish Sportspersonality of the Year...

. On August 30, 1925 took the post of coach of Poland, replaced in June 1927 by Stefan Loth.

External links

• Tadeusz Synowiec in KS Cracovia online encyclopedia