Bolesław Habowski

Bolesław Józef Habowski (13 September 1914 in Kraków - 21 May 1979 in Wendover, England) was a Polish football player from interwar period, representing Wisła Kraków and Polish national football team.

Habowski's debut in the National Team occurred on 10 October 1937 in Warsaw (Poland - Yugoslavia 4-0). His second and last game in white-red jersey took place in Riga, 25 September 1938 (Latvia - Poland 2-1) scoring a goal in the match.

He played in forward, was regarded as a very fast and tough player, who never gave up. In the years 1934-1938 he played in all Wisła Kraków's games in Polish Soccer League. Then, some time between late 1938 and early 1939, he was purchased by a rising power of Polish soccer, the team of Junak Drohobycz. In September 1939 (see: Polish September Campaign) he was captured by the Soviets and forcefully taken to Siberia. In 1942 he managed to get to the Polish Army in Soviet Union, created by General Władysław Anders. From there, across Africa, he arrived in England, where he stayed and eventually died.