Aleksander Tupalski
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| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Aleksander Tupalski | ||
| Date of birth | 7 October 1900 | ||
| Place of birth | Gelsenkirchen, German Empire | ||
| Date of death | 9 January 1980 (aged 79) | ||
| Place of death | Canberra, Australia | ||
| Height | 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1921–1923 | AZS Warsaw | ||
| 1923–1928 | Polonia Warsaw | ||
| 1928–1930 | Gedania Danzig | ||
| International career | |||
| 1925–1926 | Poland | 3 | (1) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Aleksander Tupalski (5 October 1900 – 9 January 1980) was a Polish ice hockey and football player. He played for the Poland national team at the 1928 Winter Olympics. Born in Germany, he grew up in St. Petersburg before moving to Warsaw for education. He served in the Polish-Soviet War and Second World War, and after 1945 moved to France and subsequently Australia, working in aviation and then as a mechanic.
Born in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, he spent his youth in St. Petersburg. In 1918, he went to Warsaw to study at the Warsaw University of Technology. He volunteered for the army in 1919, joining the 1st Krechowce Uhlan Regiment and serving in the Polish-Soviet War. At the onset of the Second World War, he moved to Lwów (now Lviv), and eventually France. He worked in aviation during the war, receiving recognition from both the Polish and British militaries. He continued working in aviation in France, until 1951 when he moved to Australia, becoming a mechanic in Sydney. He died in Canberra in 1980. Tupalski was married to Jadwiga Matyjewicz.[1]
