Czesław Bartolik

Czesław Bartolik

Personal information
Full name	Czesław Bartolik
Date of birth	(1918-04-16)16 April 1918
Place of birth	Saint Petersburg, Russian SFSR
Date of death	29 March 2008(2008-03-29) (aged 89)
Place of death	Gdynia, Poland
Height	1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)
Position(s)	Forward
Youth career
1933–1937	KS Gdynia
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1937–1938	Arka Gdynia
1938–1939	Gedania Danzig
1940	Wisła Kraków
1941–1942	Garbarnia Kraków
1943–1944	Groble Kraków
1945–1948	Gedania Gdańsk
1948–1949	Bałtyk Gdynia
1951	Lechia Gdańsk	1	(0)
Managerial career
1948–1949	Bałtyk Gdynia
1950–1953	Lechia Gdańsk
1953–1954	Odra Opole
1954–1955	Arka Gdynia
1955–1957	Stoczniowiec Gdańsk
1958–1960	Bałtyk Gdynia
1960–1961	Lechia Gdańsk II
1961–1964	Flota Gdynia
1964–1967	MS Batory
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Czesław Bartolik (16 April 1918 – 29 March 2008) was a Polish football player and manager.

Senior career

Bartolik was born on 16 April 1918. He started his career with the youth team of KS Gdynia before starting his professional career with Arka Gdynia in 1937–38, and Gedania Danzig from 1938–39. In 1939 Gedania Danzig was banned from partaking in sports events by the Nazi Party during the Occupation of Poland. Due to the outbreak of World War II Bartolik was moved to Kraków, where he played for Wisla Kraków, Garbarnia Kraków, and Groble Kraków from 1940-44 playing in the underground Kraków Occupation Championships. After the war ended he moved back to Danzig, now named Gdańsk, to play for Gedania Gdańsk (the same team re-created after its banning in 1939). After three years Bartolik moved to Bałtyk Gdynia where he became a player manager.

Managerial career

Bałtyk Gdynia was the start of his time in management. In 1950, he moved to Lechia Gdańsk as manager, where in 1951 he also played in the league for a final time. In 1951, he guided Lechia to the Ekstraklasa, getting promoted from the II liga. After Lechia, he had spells with Odra Opole, Arka Gdynia, Stoczniowiec Gdańsk, Bałtyk again and Flota Gdynia. In 1964, he managed a team for the Polish Ocean Lines ship MS Batory where he won the Atlantic League in 1966.

Death

Bartolik died on 29 March 2006, aged 89. He was buried in the Orłowo district of Gdynia.

Honours

Manager

Lechia Gdańsk

• II liga, group I: 1951

Bałtyk Gdynia

• Regional league Gdańsk: 1959