Henryk Jaźnicki

Henryk Jaźnicki

Personal information
Full name	Henryk Jaźnicki
Date of birth	(1917-09-06)6 September 1917
Place of birth	Radzyń Podlaski, Congress Poland
Date of death	25 February 2004(2004-02-25) (aged 86)
Place of death	Józefów, Poland
Height	1.72 m (5 ft 7 1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1938–1939	Polonia Warsaw	26	(12)
1945	Polonia Warsaw
1945–1946	Społem Warsaw
1947–1952	Polonia Warsaw
International career
1939	Poland	1	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Henryk Jaźnicki (6 September 1917 – 25 February 2004) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward. Representing Polonia Warsaw, he also played for their basketball, volleyball and handball teams.

Jaźnicki made his sole appearance for the Poland national football team on 27 August 1939 in Warsaw, in a 4–2 win over Hungary, and was replaced in the 31st minute by Stanisław Baran.

After the Second World War, Jaźnicki returned to Polonia, where he continued his career until 1952. He not only excelled in football - he also played volleyball (winning three national titles), basketball (national title in 1947) and handball (runners-up in 1947). During the war, he fought in the Polish September Campaign, was caught by the Germans, was a prisoner of notorious Pawiak prison in Warsaw, before being shuttled to Sachsenhausen and Mauthausen camps.

See also

• The last game: 27 August 1939. Poland - Hungary 4-2