Adam Kowalski (ice hockey)

Adam Kowalski
Adam Kowalski
Born	19 December 1912; Stanisławów, Austria-Hungary
Died	9 December 1971 (aged 58); Kraków, Poland
Height	5 ft 9 in (175 cm)
Weight	159 lb (72 kg; 11 st 5 lb)
Position	Forward
Played for	Cracovia
National team	Poland
Playing career	1928–1939 ; 1945–1951

Adam Kowalski (19 December 1912 – 9 December 1971) was a Polish athlete. As an ice hockey player he played for Cracovia. With Cracovia he won the Polish league championship three times, in 1937, 1946, and 1947. He also played for the Polish national team at the 1932, 1936 and 1948 Winter Olympics and four world championships: 1935, 1937, 1938, and 1939. He died in 1971 in Kraków.^[1]

Kowalski fought in Poland's defense during the German invasion of Poland at the start of World War II in September 1939.^[2] He was taken prisoner by the Germans probably on 21 September 1939 in Lubliniec, and afterwards, he was held in the Oflag XI-B and Oflag II-C prisoner-of-war camps.^[2]

References[edit]

^ "Biografie (Biography)" (in Polish). Olimpijski.pl. Archived from the original on 30 November 2018. Retrieved 21 September 2018.
^ ^a ^b Urban, Renata (2021). "Polscy olimpijczycy w niemieckich obozach jenieckich". Łambinowicki rocznik muzealny (in Polish). 44. Opole: 35. ISSN 0137-5199.

Biographical information and career statistics from Eliteprospects.com, or Eurohockey.com
Adam Kowalski at Olympedia
Adam Kowalski at Olympics.com
Adam Kowalski at OlympicChannel.com (archived)
Adam Kowalski at Olympic.org (archived)
Adam Kowalski at the Polski Komitet Olimpijski (archive) (in Polish)

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