Artur Jan Woźniak (born 10 November 1913 in

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, died 31 May 1991 in Kraków), was a Polish football forward, twice top scorer of the Polish First Division. For most of his career, Woźniak was loyal to

Wisła Kraków Towarzystwo Sportowe Wisła Kraków Spółka Akcyjna, commonly referred to as Wisła Kraków (), is a Polish professional football club based in Kraków. It currently competes in the I liga, the second level of Polish football league system. ...

, where he played in the years 1931 – 1947, scoring 102 goals in 140 games, and three times becoming vice-champion of the country (1931, 1936, 1947). In 1933 and 1937, Woźniak was top scorer of the Ekstraklasa, with 18 and 12 goals. During

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, he was captured by the

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German occupiers, and sent to

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. After the war, Woźniak remained in Wisła until 1947, then moving to the

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, to the newly created club Orzeł Ząbkowice. Then, he became a coach, working with a number of Polish teams, such as

ŁKS Łódź ŁKS Łódź (''Łódzki Klub Sportowy Łódź''; ) is a Polish sports club based in Łódź. They are best known for their football club but are represented in many sports such as basketball, volleyball, tennis, athletics and in the past ic ...

, Garbarnia Kraków,

Lech Poznań Kolejowy Klub Sportowy Lech Poznań S.A., commonly referred to as KKS Lech Poznań or simply Lech Poznań (), is a Polish professional football club based in Poznań and currently competing in the Ekstraklasa, the nation's highest division. T ...

, Zawisza Bydgoszcz,

Ruch Chorzów Ruch Chorzów () is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: fourteen-time national champions, and three-time winners of the Polish Cup. Currently the team play ...

Zagłębie Sosnowiec Zagłębie Sosnowiec () is a football club based in Sosnowiec, Poland. The club was established in 1906. It won Polish Cup four times (1962, 1963, 1977, 1978), and also was four times Polish runner up (1955, 1964, 1967, 1972). Apart from footbal ...

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and Wisła Kraków (1956–1957). In the mid-1930s, he capped five times for Poland, without scoring a goal.

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