Adam Wolanin
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Adam Wolanin | ||
Date of birth | November 13, 1919 | ||
Place of birth | Lwow, Poland | ||
Date of death | October 26, 1987 | (aged 67)||
Place of death | Park Ridge, Illinois, United States | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1935–1939 | Pogoń Lwów | 29 | (14) |
1939–1940 | Spartak Lviv | ||
1941 | Spartak Moscow | 1 | (0) |
Blackpool | |||
–1950 | Chicago Maroons | ||
1950–? | A.A.C. Eagles | ||
– | Chicago Falcons | ||
National team | |||
1950 | United States | 1 | (0) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Adam Wolanin (November 13, 1919 – October 26, 1987) was a Polish American soccer forward who was a member of the U.S. national team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.
Professional career[]
Wolanin began his professional career with Polish First Division club Pogoń Lwów when he was seventeen. When Germany invaded Poland, sparking World War II in September 1939, Wolanin fled to England where he played for English First Division club Blackpool. However, he never cracked the first team before moving to the United States. He eventually settled in Chicago where he played for the Maroons and A.A.C. Eagles of the National Soccer League of Chicago. In 1950, he joined the Chicago Falcons, winning the 1953 National Challenge Cup with the team.
National team[]
In 1950, Wolanin was called up to the U.S. national team for the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He played in the first U.S. game of the tournament, a 3–1 loss to Spain.[1]
Wolanin was inducted, along with the rest of the 1950 U.S. World Cup team, into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1976 and the Illinois Soccer Hall of Fame in 1992.[2] He is buried in Maryhill Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum, in Chicago, Illinois[3]
References[]
- ^ USA – Details of International Matches 1885–1969 Archived 2003-08-26 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ Illinois Soccer Hall of Fame
- ^ Findagrave, Accessed February 20, 2015
External links[]
- "National Soccer Hall of Fame profile". Archived from the original on April 25, 2012. Retrieved May 1, 2012.
- "Chicago Eagles history" (in Polish). Archived from the original on October 16, 2007. Retrieved October 14, 2007.
- Adam Wolanin – FIFA competition record (archived)
- 1919 births
- 1987 deaths
- A.A.C. Eagles players
- American soccer players
- Blackpool F.C. players
- Chicago Maroons soccer players
- National Soccer Hall of Fame members
- National Soccer League (Chicago) players
- Sportspeople from Lviv
- Sportspeople from Park Ridge, Illinois
- Polish footballers
- Polish emigrants to the United States
- United States men's international soccer players
- 1950 FIFA World Cup players
- Pogoń Lwów players
- FC Spartak Moscow players
- Soviet Top League players
- Expatriate footballers in the Soviet Union
- Association football forwards