Zygmunt Czyżewski


Zygmunt Czyżewski was a Polish former ice hockey and football player and football manager.

Football

Czyżewski began his football career with Czarni Lwów, with whom he spent five seasons with playing football. During his time with Czarni, Czyżewski played at least 59 times scoring 2 goals. Czyżewski did not play football again until 1945 after the expulsion of Poles from Lwów, which became known as Lviv after the war. Many people from Lviv moved to Gdańsk and created the football team which became Lechia Gdańsk. At Lechia he had the role of player/manager, being Lechia's first ever manager, where he played 4 games scoring 2 goals, and won the league being promoted from to the second tier. After Lechia he held roles in management with Arkonia Szczecin, Pogoń Szczecin, Pafawag Wrocław, Ślęza Wrocław, and Śląsk Wrocław.

Ice hockey

Czyżewski also started playing ice hockey with Czarni Lwów. He spent 12 seasons with Czarni before the outbreak of the war disrupted the league and caused Czarni Lwów to disband. While at Czarni, he won the Ekstraklasa in 1935 and finished runners-up in 1934. During the interwar years Czyżewski played with Dinamo Lviv, before joining up with ŁKS Łódź after leaving football team Lechia Gdańsk. He spent 5 seasons with ŁKS finishing runners up and in third place in the Ekstraklasa during this time. He represented Poland in two World Championships in 1939 and 1947, making six appearances in total.

Honours

Ice Hockey

Czarni Lwów
ŁKS Łódź