About Feliks Góralczyk
Lived 1950 – 1980 (aged 29). Feliks Góralczyk was a Polish ice hockey player.
Feliks Góralczyk (14 January 1950 – 16 June 1980) was a Polish ice hockey player. He played for Fortuna Wyry and Baildon Katowice during his career. He also played for the Polish national team at the 1972 Winter Olympics and 1970 World Championship, as well as the lower division tournaments in 1971 and 1972. During the last game of the 1972 Group B tournament, against Yugoslavia, Góralczyk fell on the ice and was hit in the eye by the back of a Yugoslav player's skate; the injury cost Góralczyk his eye, and he had to retire. Depressed from the injury, he died in 1980. His brother, Robert, played at the 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics.
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Who was Feliks Góralczyk?
Polish ice hockey player (1950–1980)
When was Feliks Góralczyk born?
Feliks Góralczyk was born on 16 June 1950 in Wyry.
When did Feliks Góralczyk die?
Feliks Góralczyk died on 14 January 1980 in Katowice.
What was Feliks Góralczyk's occupation?
Feliks Góralczyk was an ice hockey player.
What nationality was Feliks Góralczyk?
Feliks Góralczyk was Polish.
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