Paweł Szczepan Sobek (23 December 1929 – 14 September 2015) was a Polish

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who played as a forward.

Club career

Sobek played for

Szombierki Bytom Szombierki Bytom () is a Polish football club from Szombierki district of Bytom. Szombierki currently competes in the V liga Silesia I. Their greatest achievement was winning the Polish championship during the 1979–80 season. Honours ;Domes ...

and

Górnik Radlin Klub Sportowy Górnik Radlin is a Polish sports club based in Radlin. It has football, volleyball, gymnastics, swimming and fencing sections. The volleyball team plays in the Polish Volleyball League (Polska Liga Siatkówki, PLS) and the fo ...

in the

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 ...

. In 1965, he moved to Australia to play for Cracovia in

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, Western Australia. After retiring, he was inducted into the West Australian Football Hall of Fame.

International career

Sobek made five appearances for the Poland national team in full internationals, including one match at the 1952 Olympic Football tournament.

References

1929 births 2015 deaths People from the Province of Upper Silesia Polish men's footballers Footballers from Bytom Men's association football forwards Poland men's international footballers Olympic footballers for Poland Footballers at the 1952 Summer Olympics Szombierki Bytom players Górnik Radlin footballers Ekstraklasa players Polish expatriate men's footballers Expatriate men's soccer players in Australia Polish expatriate sportspeople in Australia 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-footy-forward-1920s-stub