Wacław Kuchar, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Wacław Kuchar

Officer of the Polish Army, Polish footballer

Date of Birth: 16-Sep-1897

Place of Birth: Łańcut, Podkarpackie Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 13-Feb-1981

Profession: association football manager, association football player, speed skater, athletics competitor, ice hockey player, short track speed skater

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Virgo


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About Wacław Kuchar

  • Waclaw Michal Kuchar (16 September 1897 in Lancut – 13 February 1981 in Warsaw) was a Polish sports champion, olympian, and multiple soccer, track and field and speed skating champion of the country. Kuchar excelled in many sports – track and field, soccer (firstly – as a forward, then as a midfielder, and finally at the end of his career – as a defender), skiing, speed skating and ice hockey.
  • Even though born in Lancut, his whole life was connected with Lwów, where he played for Pogon Lwów – one of the most important and most popular sports clubs of interwar Poland.
  • After finishing his career, he became a referee, coach and sports official.
  • To this day Kuchar is regarded as an excellent example of fair play. In 1926, in a poll held by the Polish sports daily Przeglad Sportowy, Kuchar was chosen as the athlete of the year.
  • A year later he came in 10th in the same poll.
  • In 1924, at the Paris Olympic Games, he played on the Poland national football team. Waclaw Kuchar was champion of Poland in: 800-meter race (1920, 1921), 110-meter hurdle race (1920), 400-meter hurdle race (1923), high jump (1921, 1923), pentathlon (1923, 1924).As a soccer player representing Pogon Lwów, Kuchar achieved these successes: years of career – 1912–1935, Champion of Poland: 1922, 1923, 1925, 1926, top scorer of Poland: 1922 (21 goals), 1926 (11 goals), altogether he played in 1052 games, scoring 1065 goals.On the National Soccer Team of Poland he achieved: 23 official international games, 5 goals, debut – 18 February 1921, Hungary – Poland 1–0 (it was the first, historic game of the Polish team) last game: 27 October 1928, Czechoslovakia – Poland 3–2 Trainer of Polish National Team 1947–1949.Waclaw Kuchar as an ice skater: participated in the European Speed Skating Championships for Men of 1925, 22-time Champion of Poland (Including single-distance titles) in the period 1922–1929.Kuchar is most famous for his sports achievements, but also he was a captain in the Polish Army.
  • He participated in the Polish-Ukrainian War of 1919 as well as the Polish-Soviet War of 1920; for his merits Kuchar was decorated with several medals.

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