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Wisla Krakow - Multiple champion of Poland both in team sports and individual disciplines. Club, that often had to fight for its survival and identity, but managed to preserve its tradition. Legendary club with a unique history. Phenomenon that goes far beyond the boundaries of the sport...Football Basketball
Volleyball
Futsal
Gymnastics
Shooting
Judo
Bridge
Boxing
Swimming (Masters)
Chess
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Organization: TS Wisła Kraków SA - football, TS Wisła Kraków - multi sports club, Socios Wisła, Historia Wisły, TS Wisła branches
Notable football players: Henryk Reyman, Józef Szkolnikowski, Antoni Łyko, Kazimierz Kmiecik, Antoni Szymanowski, Adam Musiał, Paweł Brożek, Tadeusz Kucz, Teofil Sykała, Artur Woźniak
Notable sportsmen: Bogumiła Stawowska-Cichowicz (shooting), Edward Szostak (basketball), Elżbieta Biesiekierska (basketball), Jerzy Mikułowski-Pomorski (fencing), Jacek Arlet (basketball), Katarzyna Jurkowska (gymnastics), Wanda Starzyk-Tumidajewicz (Volleyball)
Notable coaches and managers: Bernard Mond, Franciszek Wagner, Ludwik Miętta-Mikołajewicz, Tadeusz Łopuszański; Remember the Coaches, After All, You Came from Them
Disciplines: Strength athletics, Hokey, Canoeing, Athletics, Volleyball, Volleyball (men), Amp Futbol, Basketball - origins in the World, Europe, and Poland
Interviews: Otto Wasiuczyński 2023 (cycling)
Symbols: Club name, Anthem, White Star, Colors, Wisła Dragon;
Stats and achievements:Double-digit results; Longest serie of matches without a loss; Best results and records; All successes;
Fans: Wiślackie beer;
History in photographs: Football kits
Fun facts: Reyman's boots; Legendary quotes; Vanna Ly
Must see:
A public park for physical games and activities for children and youth. It was the first facility of its kind in Europe, organized and supervised by Henryk Jordan.
This well-known doctor in Krakow and professor at Jagiellonian University opened the park in 1889 on the so-called Czarnowiejski meadows, on the grounds of the former agricultural-industrial exhibition. According to Jordan's vision, the youth (boys and girls from elementary, secondary, and vocational schools) would, under the supervision of instructors (leaders), practice physical fitness and sports games. Jordan and his collaborators aimed to foster "a healthy, physically, mentally, and morally strong, wise, patriotic, and socially harmonious society." The park included 12 sports fields and a swimming pool. In the wooden pavilions that were built, there were exercise rooms, changing rooms, showers, and storage areas.
Wisła and Jordan Park
The relationship between Wisła and Jordan Park was close from the very beginning, and quite literally, as in its early days, Wisła played its matches "on the racetrack located outside Dr. Jordan's park." The young high school students likely did not imagine that in 1922, a Wisła stadium would be built on this site, and that a hundred years later, Wisła would still be neighbors with Jordan Park.
A close collaborator of Jordan was Tadeusz Łopuszański, the founder of Wisła, who in 1894 co-authored...