About Alfred Smoczyk
Lived 1928 – 1950 (aged 21). Alfred Smoczyk was a Polish speedway rider.
Alfred Smoczyk (11 October 1928 – 26 September 1950) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.
Speedway career Smoczyk was the first champion of Poland, winning the Polish Individual Speedway Championship in 1949.
In 1950, he was killed in a motorcycle accident in the Kąkolewski forest, near Gostyń. Later that year on 30 September, the Polish President Bolesław Bierut posthumously awarded the Officer's Cross of the Order of Polonia Restituta.
In 1951, a tournament in Leszno was named in his memory and in 1953 the Stadion im. Alfreda Smoczyka was named after him.
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Who was Alfred Smoczyk?
Polish speedway rider (1928-1950)
When was Alfred Smoczyk born?
Alfred Smoczyk was born on 11 October 1928 in Kościan.
When did Alfred Smoczyk die?
Alfred Smoczyk died on 26 September 1950.
What was Alfred Smoczyk's occupation?
Alfred Smoczyk was a speedway rider.
What nationality was Alfred Smoczyk?
Alfred Smoczyk was Polish.
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