Antoni Komendo-Borowski

Antoni Komendo-Borowski
Personal information
Date of birth (1912-06-06)6 June 1912
Place of birth Białystok, Poland
Date of death 12 May 1984(1984-05-12) (aged 71)
Place of death Bradford, England
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1929–1933 Jagiellonia Białystok
1933–1939 Pogoń Lwów
International career
1935 Poland 1 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Antoni Komendo-Borowski (6 June 1912 – 12 May 1984) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward.[1][2][3] He scored in his sole appearance for the Poland national team, in a 3–3 draw against Latvia on 15 September 1935.[4]

During World War II, he fought in the September campaign, following which he was imprisoned in a POW camp in Hungary.[4] In 1944, he was injured in the Battle of Monte Cassino.[5]

A statue commemorating Komendo-Borowski and fellow former Jagiellonia player and soldier, Julian Buchcik, was erected outside the Białystok Stadium in May 2022.[5]

References

  1. ^ "Antoni Komendo-Borowski". 90minut.pl (in Polish). Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  2. ^ "Antoni Komendo-Borowski". EU Football. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  3. ^ "Antoni Komendo-Borowski". worldfootball.net. Retrieved 3 October 2021.
  4. ^ a b "Sportowa rodzina Borowskich". wrotapodlasia.pl (in Polish). 8 April 2021. Retrieved 6 June 2024.
  5. ^ a b "Odsłonięto pomnik upamiętniający początki Jagiellonii Białystok". sport.tvp.pl (in Polish). 29 May 2022. Retrieved 6 June 2024.


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