Stanisław Baran

Stanisław Franciszek Baran (26 April 1920 – 12 May 1993) was an interwar Polish football player, who started his career in Resovia Rzeszów, then, sometime in 1938 (at the age of around 18) moved to Warszawianka Warszawa. Regarded as one of the most gifted players of these times, however World War II stopped his career for a few years.

Stanisław Baran
Personal information
Full name Stanisław Franciszek Baran
Date of birth (1920-04-26)26 April 1920
Place of birth Góra Ropczycka, Poland
Date of death 12 May 1993(1993-05-12) (aged 73)
Place of death Łódź, Poland
Height 1.72 m (5 ft 7+12 in)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1934–1937 Resovia Rzeszów
1937–1939 Warszawianka Warszawa 25 (9)
1945 Lechia Gdańsk 8 (17)
1946–1958 ŁKS Łódź 178 (70)
International career
1939–1950 Poland 9 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Baran was a member of the Poland national team in 1938 FIFA World Cup, but did not play in the legendary game Poland – Brazil 5–6 (5 June 1938, Strasbourg, France) – he spent the whole match on the bench. Also, played in the last international friendly of interwar Poland (Poland – Hungary 4–2, 27 August 1939, Warsaw). In this game, he appeared on the field as a replacement, in 31st minute.

In 1958, as a 38-year-old footballing veteran, Baran won the championships of Poland, with the team of ŁKS Łódź.

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