Aleksander Tupalski
Date of birth | 5th October 1900 |
place of birth | Gelsenkirchen , German Empire |
date of death | January 9, 1980 |
Place of death | Canberra , Australia |
Nickname | Tupti |
size | 175 cm |
Weight | 75 kg |
position | striker |
Career stations | |
AZS Warsaw |
Aleksander Tupalski (born October 5, 1900 in Gelsenkirchen , German Empire , † January 9, 1980 in Canberra , Australia ) was a Polish ice hockey and soccer player .
Career
ice Hockey
Aleksander Tupalski played for AZS Warsaw . He first took part for the Polish national ice hockey team in the 1927 European Championship in Vienna , where he was considered the best player on his team. He also represented his colors at the 1928 Winter Olympics in St. Moritz . In the two games against Sweden (2: 2) and Czechoslovakia (2: 3) he scored one goal each during the tournament. A year later he took part in the European Championships in Budapest , where he won the silver medal with the Polish selection. At the home world championship in 1931 in Krynica-Zdrój he was also in the Polish squad and reached with his team at this tournament not only a fourth place in the World Cup, but also again the title of vice European champion.
Soccer
Tupalski also made a career on the green lawn. He played from 1923 to 1928 with Polonia Warsaw and then until 1930 with Gedania Danzig . In 1925 he made his debut against Estonia in the Polish national team . In total, he completed three international matches in 1925/26, in which he scored one goal.
He later emigrated to Australia, where he also died.
Achievements and Awards
- 1929: Silver medal at the European ice hockey championship
- 1931: Vice European Champion at the Ice Hockey World Championship
Note: From 1930 (with the exception of 1932) the European championship placements were awarded within the framework of the world championship.
Web links
- Aleksander Tupalski in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Aleksander Tupalski at eurohockey.com
- Aleksander Tupalski in the database of weltfussball.de
Individual evidence
- ↑ Report on the Euro 1927 at www.passionhockey.com, accessed on May 5, 2014.
- ↑ Report on the game against Czechoslovakia at dailysport.pl, accessed on May 5, 2014.
- ↑ List of international matches at www.hppn.pl, accessed on May 5, 2014.
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SURNAME | Tupalski, Aleksander |
BRIEF DESCRIPTION | Polish ice hockey player |
DATE OF BIRTH | 5th October 1900 |
PLACE OF BIRTH | Gelsenkirchen , German Empire |
DATE OF DEATH | January 9, 1980 |
Place of death | Canberra , Australia |