Edward Drabiński
Personal information
Full name Edward Klemens Drabiński
Date of birth (1912-06-06)6 June 1912
Place of birth Warsaw, Poland
Date of death 28 October 1995(1995-10-28) (aged 83)
Place of death Warsaw, Poland
Height 1.71 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
1927–1933 Legia Warsaw
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1933–1938 Legia Warsaw 37 (6)
1938–1939 Warszawianka 3 (0)
1943–1945 Dundee United
1945–1946 Dunfermline Athletic
1947–1948 Legia Warsaw 4 (0)
Total 44 (6)
Managerial career
1948 Legia Warsaw
1950–1951 ŁKS Łódź
1954–1955 Odra Opole
1955 Polonia Bydgoszcz
1961 Polonia Bytom
1962 Lechia Gdańsk
1963–1964 Lech Poznań
1964–1965 Raków Częstochowa
1966–1967 Gwardia Warsaw
Pafawag Wrocław
Start Łódź
Bzura Chodaków
1971–1972 Piast Gliwice
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Edward Klemens Drabiński (6 June 1912 – 28 October 1995) was a Polish football player and manager.

Football pre-war

Drabiński began his career with Legia Warsaw after joining the youth teams in 1927.[1] He made his debut for Legia in 1933, before joining Warszawianka in 1938.

World War II

The outbreak of World War II in 1939 stopped his footballing career, and Drabiński was involved in the September Campaign. Drabiński's unit was captured by the Soviet forces in Kozielsk, and was spared exaction due to not being a Polish Army Officer. He was later involved in a prisoner exchange with the German forces and was sent to an Oflag camp. Drabiński later escaped from the camp and met up with Polish General Stanisław Sosabowski with whom he fought with. Eventually he ended up in the United Kingdom where he later trained as a Cichociemni. During this time he played for Dundee United and Dunfermline Athletic in Scotland. Drabiński was awarded with the Virtuti Militari medal for his service in the war.[2]

Football post-war

After the war, Drabiński moved back to Poland and joined his old club Legia Warsaw. Drabiński is the only player to have played for Legia both before and after World War II. He only made 4 more appearances for Legia, and retired from professional football in 1948, quickly becoming the Legia manager. Drabiński went on to manage other top division sides such as ŁKS Łódź, Polonia Bydgoszcz, Polonia Bytom, and Lechia Gdańsk,[3] before winning his only competition as a manager with Gwardia Warsaw in 1967 winning the II liga to get Gwardia promoted to the top division.

Honours

Polonia Bytom

Gwardia Warsaw

Military awards

References

  1. ↑ "Edward Drabiński". legia.net.
  2. ↑ "EDWARD DRABIŃSKI". legiawarszawa1916-2016.blogspot.com.
  3. ↑ "Trenerzy". lechia.pl.
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