
Artur Woźniak
1913–1991
- Nationality
- Poland
- Occupation
- association football player
Incarceration history
Facilities
- Mauthausen concentration campDates unknown
Biography
Artur Jan Woźniak (10 November 1913 â 31 May 1991) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward. For most of his career, Woźniak was loyal to WisÅa Kraków, where he played in the years 1931 â 1947, scoring 102 goals in 140 games, and three times becoming vice-champion of the country (1931, 1936, 1947). In 1933 and 1937, Woźniak was top scorer of the Ekstraklasa, with 18 and 12 goals. During World War II, he was captured by the Nazi German occupiers, and sent to Mauthausen-Gusen concentration camp. After the war, Woźniak remained in WisÅa until 1947, then moving to the Recovered Territories, to the newly created club OrzeÅ ZÄ bkowice. Then, he became a coach, working with a number of Polish teams, such as ÅKS Åódź, Garbarnia Kraków, Lech PoznaÅ, Zawisza Bydgoszcz, Ruch Chorzów, ZagÅÄbie Sosnowiec, ÅlÄ sk WrocÅaw and WisÅa Kraków (1956â1957). In the mid-1930s, he capped five times for Poland, without scoring a goal.
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