Kazimierz Górski

Kazimierz Górski

Personal information
Full name	Kazimierz Klaudiusz Górski
Date of birth	(1921-03-02)2 March 1921
Place of birth	Lwów, Poland
Date of death
Place of death	Warsaw, Poland
Position(s)	Striker, Manager
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1936–1939	RKS Lwów
1940–1941	Spartak Lwów
1944	Dynamo Lwów
1945–1953	Legia Warsaw
International career
1948	Poland	1	(0)
Managerial career
1959	Legia Warsaw
1960–1962	Legia Warsaw
1963–1964	KS Lublinianka
1964–1966	Gwardia Warszawa
1971–1976	Poland
1973	ŁKS Łódź
1976–1977	Panathinaikos
1980–1981	Olympiacos
1981–1982	Legia Warsaw
1983	Olympiacos
1985	Panathinaikos
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Kazimierz Klaudiusz Górski (March 2, 1921 – May 23, 2006) was a coach of Poland national football team and honorary president of Polish Football Union (Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej, PZPN). He was also a football player, capped once for Poland.

Footballer: forward

He was born in Lwów, now Lviv, Ukraine. He played as a forward in several Polish football teams: RKS Lwów, Spartak Lwów, Dynamo Lwów, Legia Warsaw. Football nickname: "Sarenka" ("Roe-deer"). His glorious career was broken by World War II. In 1948 he participated in his only international match Poland-Denmark (0-8).

Team coach in Poland

He graduated in football training from Higher School of Physical Education in Kraków (Wyższa Szkoła Wychowania Fizycznego, today Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego w Krakowie) and Physical Education Academy in Wrocław (Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego we Wrocławiu) in 1980. He was the coach of Legia Warsaw (3 times), Marymont Warszawa (first independent training job started in 1954), Gwardia Warszawa, Lublinianka Lublin, ŁKS Łódź.

Polish national team coach 1970-1976

He started as a coach of Polish national junior team from 1956 to 1966, Polish U-23 national team from 1966 to 1970, and finally the first Poland national football team from 1970 to 1976. His first international match was held on 5 May 1971 in Lausanne with Switzerland. His major successes were winning gold medal in the 1972 Olympic Games in Munich; bronze medal for 3rd place in the 1974 World Cup held in Germany; and another silver medal for 2nd place in the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal. Kazimierz Górski was the coach for the Polish national team in 73 matches (with 45 wins).

Team coach in Greece

After resigning his position in Polish national team, he went to Greece and was a successful coach of Panathinaikos Athens, Kastoria FC, Olympiakos Piraeus and Ethnikos Piraeus.

PZPN activist

Since 1976 Kazimierz Górski is the honorary member of Polish Football Union (Polski Związek Piłki Nożnej, PZPN).

When he finished his coaching career he became an activist of PZPN in 1986. Since 1987 he was a vice-president and in 1991–1995 the president of PZPN. Since July 3, 1995 he was the honorary president of PZPN.

He died from cancer following a long illness on May 23, 2006, aged 85, in Warsaw.

Awards

• Order of Merit in Ruby - UEFA award (2006, posthumously)
• Gold Medal of Merit - FIFA award (2001)
• Commander's Cross of Polonia Restituta (1996)
• Commander's with Star of Polonia Restituta (2006)
• Grand Cross of Polonia Restituta (2006, posthumous)
• Honorary citizen of Lviv (2003), Plock (2004) and Lubaczów
• Doctor Honoris Causa of the Gdańsk Academy of Physical Education and Sport (Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego i Sportu im. Jędrzeja Śniadeckiego) (24 November 2003)
• Super Victor (24 April 2006)

A School Sports Championships in Łódź was named after him.

National Stadium, Warsaw was named after him.