Kazimierz Lis (9 April 1910 – 15 July 1998) was a Polish
footballer
A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby lea ...
.
He played in the 1930s and late 1940s for
Warta Poznań
Warta Poznań () is a multi-sports club based in Poznań, Poland. The name means ''the Guard'' in Polish and also the name of the river Warta on which Poznań is located. As of the 2025–26 II liga, 2025–26 season, they compete in the II liga, ...
during the club's golden days - it was one of top teams in Poland (in 1935 it was third overall, in 1938 - second). Lis was a member of the reserve team of Poland in the
1938 FIFA World Cup
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in France, and ultimately did not make the final roster. Lis also played in Warta after
World War II
World War II or the Second World War (1 September 1939 – 2 September 1945) was a World war, global conflict between two coalitions: the Allies of World War II, Allies and the Axis powers. World War II by country, Nearly all of the wo ...
, in 1947 he was member of the team that won the league title.
Honours
Warta Poznań
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Polish Football Championship:
1947
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Events
January
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References
1910 births
1998 deaths
Footballers from Poznań
Men's association football midfielders
Men's association football forwards
Polish men's footballers
1938 FIFA World Cup players
Warta Poznań players
Ekstraklasa players
20th-century Polish sportsmen
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