years death_date death_place clubs birth_place nationalteam position nationalcaps manageryears nationalyears birth_date managerclubs image article_title name nationalgoals
1928 -- 1939 -- 1946 -- 1947 08 november 1982 chorzów , poland ruch wielkie hajduki bismarckhütter sv 99 ruch chorzów wielkie hajduki , poland poland striker 28 1949 1950 -- 1954 1961 1932 -- 1939 10 august 1913 ruch chorzów górnik zabrze ruch chorzów gerard wodarz.jpg gerard wodarz
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gerard wodarz

gerard wodarz -lrb- august 10 , 1913 -- november 8 , 1982 -rrb- was one of the best soccer players of interwar poland .
he was a multiple champion of the country -lrb- representing ruch wielkie hajduki , which in january 1939 became ruch chorzów -rrb- and also played 28 games on the polish national football team , scoring 9 goals .
he was born in 1913 in wielkie hajduki -lrb- a settlement in upper silesia , which in january 1939 became part of the city of chorzów -rrb- , and died in 1982 in his hometown .
wodarz was a left-wing forward player .
his career started in ruch wielkie hajduki , in which he played in the years 1926-1939 and after the war , in 1946-47 .
together with ernest wilimowski and teodor peterek , was part of one of the best forward formations in the history of ruch .
in 183 games he scored 51 goals , and for five times was the champion of poland -lrb- 1933 -- 1936 and 1938 -rrb- .
on the national team of poland he took part in 31 games .
his debut occurred on october 2 , 1932 in bucharest , against romania .
wodarz participated in the 1936 summer olympics in berlin , where he scored 5 goals .
also , he represented poland during one of the most famous games in polish soccer history - against brazil in strasbourg , france , during the 1938 football world cup .
after the german attack on poland -lrb- september 1939 -rrb- wodarz signed a german nationality list -lrb- volksliste -rrb- and played for a newly created team , bismarckhütter sv 99 -lrb- which was based on the prewar ruch chorzów -rrb- .
in 1941 he was called up to the wehrmacht and in 1944 he was captured by the u.s. army .
the americans passed him to the polish army in great britain , where he returned to soccer , playing for some british teams .
in 1946 he returned to poland and for next two years represented ruch chorzów .
his career ended in 1947 .
later on he tried to coach several upper silesian teams , but without major achievements .
