Marian Stanisław Norkowski (17 May 1935 – 7 March 2001) was a Polish

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who played as a

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. Norkowski began his career in Pomorzanin Toruń, and in 1952 he moved to

Polonia Bydgoszcz Polonia Bydgoszcz is a Polish sports club based in Bydgoszcz most known for its Motorcycle speedway, speedway team ŻKS Polonia Bydgoszcz which currently races in the Polish Speedway First League, 1. Liga. The club has won the Team Speedway Pol ...

, where he remained until 1970. With Polonia, he played 7 seasons in the Ekstraklasa, scoring 91 goals in total. He was the top league scorer in the 1960 season, with 17 goals. He also capped six times for Poland, with one goal. Norkowski was a member of the Polish team for the

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, but he did not play in any matches. After retiring, he worked as a coach, but without any achievements.

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Ekstraklasa (; meaning "Extra Class" in Polish), officially known as PKO Bank Polski Ekstraklasa due to its Sponsor (commercial), sponsorship by PKO Bank Polski, is a professional association football league in Poland and the highest level of the Polish foo ...

top scorer:

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* 1935 births 2001 deaths Footballers from Toruń Men's association football forwards Polish men's footballers Poland men's international footballers Polonia Bydgoszcz players Gwardia Warsaw players Ekstraklasa players I liga players Olympic footballers for Poland Footballers at the 1960 Summer Olympics Polish football managers 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-footy-forward-1930s-stub