Famous People with Name Jerzy

Jerzy Podbrozny            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Jerzy Podbrozny: a former Polish football striker, one of the top scorers in Polish football history.Podbrozny led the Polish league in scoring: in 1992 with 20 goals and in 1993 with 25 goals, both times for Lech Poznan. After winning the championship both those years, he transferred to Legia Warsaw, and promptly won the next two titles. In 1996, Podbrozny moved to Spain, first with Mérida UD and then with Toledo. He then signed with the Chicago Fire, coming to Major League Soccer in the club's inaugural season in 1998, joining fellow Polish internationals Peter Nowak and Roman Kosecki. Podbrozny went on to help the club to the MLS Cup and U.S. Open Cup double.

Jerzy Adolf Wostal            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Jerzy Adolf Wostal: was a Polish soccer player, one of best forwards of interwar Poland.In the late 1930s Wostal played for AKS Chorzów. The best year in his career was 1937. His team then became vice-champions of Poland (after Cracovia Kraków), and he was the top scorer of the Polish Soccer League, with 12 goals.On the Polish National Team he played in 10 games, scoring 4 goals. Wostal’s debut took place on September 6, 1936, in Riga (Latvia - Poland 3-3). One of the best matches in his career occurred on October 10, 1937 in Warsaw. In a 1938 FIFA World Cup qualifier Poland beat Yugoslavia 4-0 and Wostal scored one of the goals.

Jerzy Adam Kraska            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Jerzy Adam Kraska: a former Polish football player.On the national level he played for Poland national team (13 matches) and was a participant at the 1972 Summer Olympics, where his team won the gold medal.

Jerzy Antoni Wilim            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Jerzy Antoni Wilim: a retired Polish footballer (striker) connected most of time with Szombierki Bytom. He played also for Górnik Zabrze and Stade Rennes. Wilim played 8 times in Poland national football team. (1963–1969)

Jerzy Jagielski            Origin/Culture/Country: Polish

Jerzy Jagielski: was a Polish chess master and journalist.He played several times in Warsaw City championships, where tied for 12-13th in 1926, 10-11th in 1930, 5-6th in 1931, 7-8th in 1932, and took 12th in 1934. He won twice in local tournaments at Warsaw 1929 (ahead of Mieczyslaw Najdorf and Moshe Czerniak) and 1933, and took 4th place in 1938/1939