Wacław Adamowicz (2 August 1905 – 2 October 1939) was a Polish

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who played as a

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Personal life

Adamowicz served as a

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in the

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during the

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. On 2 October 1939, he was

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during the Battle of Kock.

References

1905 births 1939 deaths Footballers from Kaluga Oblast Polish men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Polonia Warsaw players Legia Warsaw players Ekstraklasa players Polish Army officers Polish September Campaign participants Polish military personnel killed in World War II 20th-century Polish sportsmen {{Poland-mil-bio-stub