Alfred Smoczyk
Polish speedway rider
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Alfred Smoczyk (11 October 1928 – 26 September 1950) was an international motorcycle speedway rider from Poland.[1]
Born11 October 1928
Kościan, Poland
Kościan, Poland
Died26 September 1950 (aged 21)
near Gostyń, Poland
near Gostyń, Poland
NationalityPolish
1948–1949Unia Leszno
Alfred Smoczyk Monument in Leszno | |
| Born | 11 October 1928 Kościan, Poland |
|---|---|
| Died | 26 September 1950 (aged 21) near Gostyń, Poland |
| Nationality | Polish |
| Career history | |
| 1948–1949 | Unia Leszno |
| 1950 | CWKS Warszawa |
| Individual honours | |
| 1949 | Polish Champion |
| Team honours | |
| 1949 | Polish league Winner |
Speedway career
Smoczyk was the first champion of Poland, winning the Polish Individual Speedway Championship in 1949.[2][3]
In 1950, he was killed in a motorcycle accident in the Kąkolewski forest, near Gostyń.[4] 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[5] and in 1953 the Stadion im. Alfreda Smoczyka was named after him.[6]
