Edward Drabiński
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Edward Klemens Drabiński | ||
Date of birth | 6 June 1912 | ||
Place of birth | Warsaw, Poland | ||
Date of death | 28 October 1995 | (aged 83)||
Place of death | Warsaw, Poland | ||
Height | 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in) | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Youth career | |||
1927–1933 | Legia Warsaw | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1933–1938 | Legia Warsaw | 37 | (6) |
1938–1939 | Warszawianka | 3 | (0) |
1943–1945 | Dundee United | ||
1945–1946 | Dunfermline Athletic | ||
1947–1948 | Legia Warsaw | 4 | (0) |
Total | 44 | (6) | |
Managerial career | |||
1948 | Legia Warsaw | ||
1950–1951 | ŁKS Łódź | ||
1954–1955 | Odra Opole | ||
1955 | Polonia Bydgoszcz | ||
1961 | Polonia Bytom | ||
1962 | Lechia Gdańsk | ||
1963–1964 | Lech Poznań | ||
1964–1965 | Raków Częstochowa | ||
1966–1967 | Gwardia Warsaw | ||
Pafawag Wrocław | |||
Start Łódź | |||
Bzura Chodaków | |||
1971–1972 | Piast Gliwice | ||
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Edward Klemens Drabiński (6 June 1912 – 28 October 1995) was a Polish football player and manager.
Football pre-war
Drabiński began his career with Legia Warsaw after joining the youth teams in 1927.[1] He made his debut for Legia in 1933, before joining Warszawianka in 1938.
World War II
The outbreak of
Football post-war
After the war, Drabiński moved back to Poland and joined his old club Legia Warsaw. Drabiński is the only player to have played for Legia both before and after World War II. He only made 4 more appearances for Legia, and retired from professional football in 1948, quickly becoming the Legia manager. Drabiński went on to manage other top division sides such as ŁKS Łódź, Polonia Bydgoszcz, Polonia Bytom, and Lechia Gdańsk,[3] before winning his only competition as a manager with Gwardia Warsaw in 1967 winning the II liga to get Gwardia promoted to the top division.
Honours
- I Liga runner-up (1): 1961
- II liga winner (1): 1967
Military awards
References
- ^ "Edward Drabiński". legia.net.
- ^ "EDWARD DRABIŃSKI". legiawarszawa1916-2016.blogspot.com.
- ^ "Trenerzy". lechia.pl. Archived from the original on 2019-07-29. Retrieved 2019-04-13.