Alfred Olek
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Personal information | |||
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Full name | Alfred Tomasz Olek | ||
Date of birth | 23 July 1940 | ||
Place of birth | Świętochłowice, Poland | ||
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Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1956–1964 | Czarni Chropaczow | ||
1964–1965 | GKS Swietochlowice | ||
1965–1971 | Górnik Zabrze | 114 | (4) |
1971–1973 | Hamilton Academical | 15 | (1) |
1973–1977 | Concordia Knurów | ||
1977–1979 | LZS Gieraltowice | ||
International career | |||
1970 | Poland | 1 | (0) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Alfred Tomasz Olek (23 July 1940 – 10 March 2007), was a Polish footballer, who played for Górnik Zabrze, Scottish club Hamilton Academical and once for the Poland national team.[1]
Olek was one of three Polish international players who moved to Hamilton in 1971, the others being Roman Strazalkowski and goalkeeper Witold Szygula.[2][3] A contemporary report in The Herald newspaper described it as "one of the strangest transfer deals recorded in Scottish football".[3] The deal was arranged by the Hamilton chairman, Jan Stepek, who was a Polish businessman.[2][3] Alan Dick, who was the Hamilton club secretary at the time, later reflected that the three players did not stay for very long because they were "clearly too good for us".[2]
References
- ↑ Alfred Olek career at Post War English & Scottish Football League A–Z Player's Database
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- 1940 births
- 2007 deaths
- People from Świętochłowice
- Polish footballers
- Poland international footballers
- Górnik Zabrze players
- Hamilton Academical F.C. players
- Scottish Football League players
- Polish expatriate footballers
- Expatriate footballers in Scotland
- Polish expatriates in Scotland