Witold Szyguła
Personal information
Full name Witold Henryk Szyguła[1]
Date of birth (1940-11-22)22 November 1940
Place of birth Chorzów, Poland[2]
Date of death 4 September 2003(2003-09-04) (aged 62)
Height 1.80 m (5 ft 11 in)[2]
Position(s) Goalkeeper
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1962–1971 Zagłębie Sosnowiec 186 (0)
1971–1972 Hamilton Academical 27 (0)
1972–1974 ROW Rybnik 50 (0)
Total 263 (0)
International career
1963–1970 Poland 3 (0)
Managerial career
1977 Resovia Rzeszów
1982–1983 Stilon Gorzów Wielkopolski
1992 Zagłębie Sosnowiec
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Witold Henryk Szyguła (22 November 1940 – 4 September 2003) was a Polish international footballer and manager who played as a goalkeeper. He signed for Scottish club Hamilton Academical in June 1971, alongside fellow Polish internationals Alfred Olek and Roman Strazalkowski.[3] They were "the first players from behind the Iron Curtain […] to play in Britain."[4] The deal was orchestrated by Hamilton's chairman Jan Stepek, who was himself Polish, in return for electronic goods being sent to Poland.[5] Szyguła also played in Poland for Zagłębie.[6]

References

  1. ↑ Witold Szyguła at WorldFootball.net
  2. 1 2 Witold Szyguła at 90minut.pl (in Polish)
  3. ↑ "Hamilton Acas sign three Polish caps". Glasgow Herald. 21 June 1971. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  4. ↑ "Pole stars to light up the dark SPL sky". Scotsman. 16 July 2005. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  5. ↑ "One of the strangest transfer deals in football". Scottish Football Association. 6 October 2015. Retrieved 11 October 2015.
  6. ↑ "HAMILTON ACADEMICAL : 1946/47 – 2013/14". Post War English & Scottish Football League A – Z Player's Transfer Database. Retrieved 11 October 2015.


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