Feliks Góralczyk, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death
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Polish ice hockey player
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Place of Birth: Wyry, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland
About Feliks Góralczyk
- Feliks Góralczyk (14 January 1950 – 16 June 1980) was a Polish ice hockey player.
- He played for Fortuna Wyry and Baildon Katowice during his career.
- He also played for the Polish national team at the 1972 Winter Olympics and 1970 World Championship, as well as the lower division tournaments in 1971 and 1972.
- During the last game of the 1972 Group B tournament, against Yugoslavia, Góralczyk fell on the ice and was hit in the eye by the back of a Yugoslav player's skate; the injury cost Góralczyk his eye, and he had to retire.
- Depressed from the injury, he died in 1980.
- His brother, Robert, played at the 1972 and 1976 Winter Olympics.
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