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Jerzy Gorgoń

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Jerzy Paweł Gorgoń (born 18 July 1949) is a Polish former professional footballer who is best remembered for his participation in the 1972 Summer Olympics. He was a 6'4" tall central defender, who became well known in 1967 while playing for Górnik Zabrze. He helped Zabrze to five consecutive Polish Cups in 1968–72. Gorgoń participated in the 1974 World Cup in, then, West Germany, winning third place with the Poland national team and being his squad's defensive pillar. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Jerzy Gorgoń is the 3,004th most popular soccer player (down from 2,666th in 2019), the 997th most popular biography from Poland (down from 977th in 2019) and the 24th most popular Polish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Jerzy Gorgoń ranks 3,004 out of 21,273. Before him are Enzo Fernández, Mengálvio Pedro Figueiró, Gurban Gurbanov, Walter Kollmann, Washington Ortuño, and Wagner Lopes. After him are Zeki Rıza Sporel, Francisco Sá, John Collins, Marc Bartra, Guillermo Escalada, and Jørn Andersen.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1949, Jerzy Gorgoń ranks 448. Before him are Manny Villar, Paco Ignacio Taibo II, Danuta Wałęsa, Tommy Seebach, Loretta Devine, and Erato Kozakou-Marcoullis. After him are Peter Ackroyd, Kiran Bedi, Mwepu Ilunga, Helena Fibingerová, Nkosazana Dlamini-Zuma, and Patrick Kilpatrick.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Jerzy Gorgoń ranks 997 out of 1,694. Before him are Szolem Mandelbrojt (1899), Danuta Wałęsa (1949), Aharon Katzir (1914), Willy Kaiser (1912), Ellen Schwiers (1930), and Franz Theodor Kugler (1808). After him are Ludwig Traube (1818), Walter Leistikow (1865), Edward Babiuch (1927), Leon Kozłowski (1892), Jan Krzysztof Bielecki (1951), and Hyman G. Rickover (1900).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Poland

Among soccer players born in Poland, Jerzy Gorgoń ranks 24. Before him are Robert Gadocha (1946), Fritz Laband (1925), Jakub Błaszczykowski (1985), Jacek Gmoch (1939), Franciszek Smuda (1948), and Józef Młynarczyk (1953). After him are Antoni Piechniczek (1942), Hans Sturm (1935), Mariusz Lewandowski (1979), Thadée Cisowski (1927), Łukasz Piszczek (1985), and Piotr Zieliński (1994).

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