Adam Wolanin

Adam Wolanin
Personal information
Full nameAdam Wolanin
Date of birthNovember 13, 1919
Place of birthLwow, Poland
Date of deathOctober 26, 1987 (aged 67)
Place of deathPark Ridge, Illinois, United States
Playing positionForward
Senior career*
YearsTeamApps(Gls)
1935–1939Pogoń Lwów29(0)
1941Spartak Moscow1
Blackpool
–1950Chicago Maroons
1950–?A.A.C. Eagles
Chicago Falcons
National team
1950United States1(0)
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only.
† Appearances (Goals).

Adam Wolanin (November 13, 1919 in Lwow, Poland – October 26, 1987 in Park Ridge, Illinois) was a Polish American soccer forward who was a member of the U.S. national team at the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame.

Professional career

Wolanin began his professional career with Polish First Division club Pogoń Lwów when he was seventeen. When Germany invaded Poland, sparking World War II in September 1939, Wolanin fled to England where he played for English First Division club Blackpool. However, he never cracked the first team before moving to the United States. He eventually settled in Chicago where he played for the Maroons and A.A.C. Eagles of the National Soccer League of Chicago. In 1950, he joined the Chicago Falcons, winning the 1953 National Challenge Cup with the team.

National team

In 1950, Wolanin was called up to the U.S. national team for the 1950 FIFA World Cup. He played in the first U.S. game of the tournament, a 3-1 loss to Spain.[1]

Wolanin was inducted, along with the rest of the 1950 U.S. World Cup team, into the National Soccer Hall of Fame in 1976 and the Illinois Soccer Hall of Fame in 1992.[2] He is buried in Maryhill Catholic Cemetery & Mausoleum, in Chicago, Illinois[3]

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