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Edward Cetnarowski (3 October 1877 – 3 September 1933) was a Polish sports official, gynaecologist and one of the most famous personalities of the sports club Cracovia.
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Edward Cetnarowski (3 October 1877 – 3 September 1933) was a Polish sports official, gynaecologist and one of the most famous personalities of the sports club Cracovia.
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Biography Cetnarowski was born on 3 October 1877 in Rzeszów. Even though he was regarded as one of the top Polish gynecologists (he was an assistant to the famous doctor Henryk Jordan), he is most renowned as director of Cracovia, which in the 1920s and 1930s was one of the strongest sports clubs in Poland. During this time, Cracovia, in spite of financial crises shaking Poland, became a team known all over Europe. It was he who organized Cracovia's tournee to Spain in the mid-1920s. He cared for all sections, including soccer. Cetnarowski was co-founder of the Polish Football Association (PZPN), and in the years 1919-1928 was its official director, and after that the honorary director. However, when in 1927 most Polish soccer teams, against the will of the PZPN, decided to organize the Soccer League, he realized that he had lost and quit. Soon afterwards the seat of PZPN was moved from Kraków to Warsaw which indicated that Cetnarowski lost almost all influence. He had always been keen on preserving the amateur character of Polish football, and this attitude became old fashioned as time went by. Cetnarowski died suddenly on 3 September 1933 in Kraków, at the age of…