Edward Madejski

Edward Dominik Jerzy Madejski (11 August 1914 – 15 February 1996) was a Polish football goalkeeper and chemistry engineer, who was a graduate of Mining-Metallurgic Academy in Kraków.

Edward Madejski

Personal information
Full name	Edward Dominik Jerzy Madejski
Date of birth	(1914-08-11)11 August 1914
Place of birth	Kraków, Austria-Hungary
Date of death	15 February 1996(1996-02-15) (aged 81)
Place of death	Bytom, Poland
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 9+1⁄2 in)
Position(s)	Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1931–1932	Juvenia Kraków
1932–1937	Wisła Kraków	64	(0)
1938	non-attached
1939	Garbarnia Kraków
1939	Zaolzie Trzyniec
1945–1949	Polonia Bytom
International career
1936–1938	Poland	11	(0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

For most of his career, Madejski was a goalie of Wisła Kraków; in 11 games for the Poland national football team, letting 33 goals into his net. His debut in white-red Polish jersey took place on 6 September 1936 in Belgrade (Yugoslavia beat Poland 9-3). He was also part of Poland's squad at the 1936 Summer Olympics, but he did not play in any matches.[1] The last game in which he represented Poland was held in Dublin, on 13 November 1938 (Ireland - Poland 3-2).

Madejski was famous for taking part in the 5 June 1938 Brazil vs. Poland match in Strasbourg, in which Poland lost 5-6 to Brazil (during this game Ernst Willimowski scored 4 goals for Poland). At that time Madejski was banned from playing in any Polish Soccer League teams (due to the scandal connected with his transfer from Wisła Kraków to Garbarnia Kraków), so for a year he was not associated with any club.

During the Second World War Madejski participated in various illegal soccer tournaments (all sports in Poland were banned by the German authorities). Arrested by the Gestapo, he spent a few months in the death row.