Roman Korynt, a former Polish representative, is dead

Saturday night, at the age of 88, Roman Korynt, former player of the Polish national team and Lechia, died, announced the website official club of Gdańsk. In 1957, he appeared at the Silesian stage of Chorzów in a 2: 1 victory against the Soviet Union by the Biało-Czerwonych.

Corinth was born on October 12, 1929 in Tczew. He played at Grom Gdynia, in Gedania, at the military service (1950-1952) at OWKS Lublin and Legia Warsaw, but the longest, from 1953 to 1968, at Lechia Gdańsk

Excellent central defender of the team national appeared 34 times, four times he was his captain. In the years 1959 and 1960, the winner of "Golden Shoes" in the plebiscite "Sport" of Katowice for the best Polish footballer. In 1955, he came to the final of the Polish Cup with Lechia, a year later, he came third with her in first division.

His great-grandparents came from Greece and at first his name was written Korinth. In the years 1947-1948 he was the champion of the Junior Coast, but in boxing. However, he was very offended by this discipline, after the judges in the match between Gdańsk and Bydgoszcz districts had to decide on his undeserved defeat. Incidentally, the only one in a short career of fist.

Compensation

In the Polish National Football Team he made his debut on May 25, 1952, as a Legia player, in a defeated duel in Bucharest with Romania. He played 34 games in white and red colors. He also played in a match that took place in the history of Polish football: on October 20, 1957 at the Silesian Stadium in Chorzów during the World Cup qualifiers in 1958, Gerard Cieślik defeated the Soviet Union 2: 1.

Roman Korynt, an excellent defender, the legend of Lechia Gdańsk and the representative of condolence for the family died. RI

– Zbigniew Boniek (@BoniekZibi) July 15, 2018

The national career of Corinth was interrupted by his correspondence with his German knowledge published in the German press. A colleague asked him in the letter how much he had for the match, and the naive Pole wrote that 300 zlotys. It was the White-Reds, just at the expense of Germany, who qualified for the Rome Games in 1960. This statement of the Lechia player broke the amateur status and only such athletes could compete for Olympic medals. money was compensation for lost income. Corinth did not go to the Italian capital, and although he was voted the best Polish footballer in 1959 and 1960, he did not play in the national team anymore.

He finished his career 39 years after the fall of Lechia in the third division. In total, in white and green, he played 340 games and scored seven goals (in the first division, in Legia and Lechia, he recorded 222 games and two goals). He was voted player of the 50th anniversary of the Coast, and tied with Zdzisław Puszkarz triumphed in the plebiscite of the 70th anniversary of Lechia. He also trained his successors at the Gdansk Club

An Outstanding Representative

In November 2014, although he did not play the required number of 80 meetings, Corinth was accepted to the Club of Exceptional PZPN representative. Its honorary members can be competitors who are distinguished by special sports achievements and an attitude off the field.

His son Tomasz was also a footballer, but an attacker and played in the three largest Tri-City teams. He is a student of Lechia; later, he played in the bands of Gdynia, Arka (in 1979, he won the Polish Cup with her) and in the Baltic Sea. He played a match in the Polish national team.

Author: lukl
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Source: sport.tvn24.pl, PAP