Adam Wolanin
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Adam Stanislaw Wolanin[1] (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 became part of 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. men'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.[2]
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.[3][4] He is buried in Maryhill Catholic Cemetery and Mausoleum, in Chicago, Illinois.
References
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External links
- National Soccer Hall of Fame profile
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- 1919 births
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