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Antoni Łyko

Antoni Łyko

1907–1941

Nationality
Second Polish Republic
Occupation
association football player

Antoni Andrzej Łyko (27 May 1907 – 3 June 1941) was a Polish footballer who played as a striker. When playing for Wisła Kraków, he was a member of the Poland national football team for the 1938 FIFA World Cup.

Incarceration history

Facilities

  1. Zigeunerlager Auschwitz
    Dates unknown
  2. Zigeunerlager Auschwitz
    Dates unknown
  3. Montelupich Prison
    Dates unknown

Biography

Antoni Andrzej Łyko (27 May 1907 – 3 June 1941) was a Polish footballer who played as a striker. When playing for Wisła Kraków, he was a member of the Poland national football team for the 1938 FIFA World Cup. However, he did not actually travel to Strasbourg for the tournament. He was capped twice for Poland, with both games against Latvia.[2] Implicated in support of the Polish Armed Resistance, Łyko was arrested by the Gestapo on the streets of Kraków during the German occupation in World War II, and taken to the Auschwitz concentration camp, where he was shot in June 1941.

Related people

Same nationality and era where possible; falls back to shared nationality or era.

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