Zygrfryd Szo?tysik was a Polish footballer playing most of his career in G�rnik Zabrze. He carried the nickname 'Zyga' or 'Ma?y'. Szo?tysik emerged as football player in a Polish club Zryw Chorz�w notorious, at that time, for an excellent work with young players. He was soon visited by representatives of G�rnik Zabrze and contracted to the club, in 1962, he would turned out be a legend in the coming years. Having spent 16 years in Zabrze, the time interrupted merely for a season in Valenciennes FC, he accounted for 395 matches in Polish league, the number that makes him the club leader of that classification. Even more impressive, the total number of games for G�rnik's colors exceeds 500 matches. He was indispensable member of team which claimed seven titles in the Polish Ekstraklasa, six victories in the Polish Cup, and above all the only European final ever achieved by a Polish football club. He boasts of 124 goals for G�rnik Zabrze including 91 in the league. He made a debut to the National Team in 1963 in the play against Norway, won 9:0, which had proved to be the highest victory of Poland for almost half century. 

October 24th, 1942 in Poland (Age 82)