Joseph Gryzik, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

    

Joseph Gryzik

American soccer player

Date of Birth: 10-Oct-1927

Place of Birth: Katowice, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Profession: association football player

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Libra


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About Joseph Gryzik

  • Joseph Gryzik (born October 10, 1927 in Katowice, Poland) was a U.S.
  • soccer halfback who spent his entire career with the Chicago Eagles of the National Soccer League of Chicago.
  • He is a member of the National Soccer Hall of Fame. Gryzik emigrated to the United States in 1949, settling in Chicago, Illinois.
  • When he arrived, he joined the Polish American Athletic Club of the National Soccer League of Chicago.
  • In 1950, the team was renamed the Chicago Eagles.
  • Gryzik and his team mates won five Peel Cup titles (1950, 1954, 1955, 1957 and 1963).
  • Gryzik holds the Peel Cup single game scoring record with eight goals.
  • In 1955, the Eagles went to the National Amateur Cup finals where they fell to the Pittsburgh Heidelberg Tornados.
  • Gryzik retired in 1965, having spent his entire career with the Eagles, after suffering a career-ending injury. Gryzik was a member of the U.S.
  • soccer team at the 1963 Pan American Games.
  • He was also selected to the U.S.
  • team which did not qualify for the 1964 Summer Olympics.

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