Gryf Słupsk

History

Gryf was created at the end of 1956 after a merger of four local factory clubs: KS Unia, from the local furniture factory (Słupskie Fabryki Mebli); KS Traktor, from the agricultural mechanization repair works (Zakłady Naprawczych Mechanizacji Rolnictwa abbreviated to ZNMR); KS Stal, the club of the "Famarol" agricultural tools factory (Fabryka Narzędzi Rolniczych FAMAROL); and KS Sparta, from the "Sezamor" ship equipment and tools factory (Słupska Fabryka Sprzętu Okrętowego „SEZAMOR”).

The club's chosen colours were white and green. The football section of the club was founded in 1957. It was that year that the

Prior to that, from 1946 KS Gwardia Słupsk functioned, with the club colours red - white - blue, which was the only predecessor of the later ZGKS Gryf. Official, historical and archival data frequently refers to Gryf from 1946 onwards. However, this is a common mistake as the clubs only merged in 1964, when it changed it became Gryf and changed to the tricolour, which are official emblems of the club to this day. For seven years (1957–64) the clubs operated as two completely different and independent clubs alongside each other.

The School of

Ludowy Klub Sportowy Gryf, operated until 1958, when it was renamed Zjednoczony Klub Sportowy Gryf (ZKS Gryf), operating at the furniture factory. President of the club was then the CEO of the Slupsk Furniture Factory, Jerzy Albrecht. A large contribution to the club was made by factory workers Zbigniew Bieńkowski, Aleksander Bucki and Jerzy Razik.

Since then the club has played in the

Etymology, Club Colours and Crest

Gryf's predecessor, Gwardia, had the colours red, white and blue, as did all the

Four local factory clubs, Unia, Stal, Traktor, and Sparta merged in 1956. The colours chosen were white and green for the new club and it was called Gryf.

In 1964 the two clubs Gryf and Gwardia merged, adopted the military patronage of Gwardia, keeping the blue, red and white strip and the traditional