Antoni Łyko

Antoni Andrzej Łyko (27 May 1907 – 3 June 1941) was a Polish footballer (striker) and 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. His club at that time was Wisła Kraków. He was capped twice for Poland, with both games against Latvia. Implicated in support of the Polish Armed Resistance, Lyko was arrested by the Gestapo on the streets of Krakow during German occupation in World War II, and taken to Auschwitz concentration camp, where he was shot in June 1941.[1]

Antoni Łyko
Personal information
Full name Antoni Andrzej Łyko
Date of birth 27 May 1907
Place of birth Kraków, Austria-Hungary
Date of death 3 June 1941(1941-06-03) (aged 34)
Place of death Auschwitz, Poland
Position(s) Striker
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
0000–1929 Rakowiczanka
1930–1939 Wisła Kraków 108 (30)
National team
1937–1938 Poland 2 (0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only

References

  1. Auschwitz, Last Game of the Polish Footballer Antoni Lyko. Article by Jose Quesada, translation from Spanish.

Sources

  • ^ Andrzej Gowarzewski : "Fuji Football Encyclopedia. History of the Polish National Team (1)White and Red " ;GiA Katowice 1991 ISBN 83-900227-0-2
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