Adam Knioła

{{Short description|Polish footballer (1911–1942)}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=October 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Adam Knioła

|image = Adam Knioła.jpg

|caption =

|fullname =

|birth_date = {{birth date|1911|2|7|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Lubiń, German Empire

|death_date = {{death date and age|1942|12|26|1911|2|7|df=yes}}

|death_place = Auschwitz concentration camp, German-occupied Poland

|height = 1.70 m{{cite web |title=Adam Knioła |url=http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=39147 |website=90minut.pl |access-date=27 October 2024 |language=pl}}

|position = Forward

|youthyears1 = 1924–1928 | youthclubs1 = Warta Poznań

|years1 = 1928–1934 | clubs1 = Warta Poznań | caps1 = | goals1 =

|years2 = 1935–1939 | clubs2 = Warszawianka | caps2 = | goals2 =

|nationalyears1 = 1931–1935

|nationalteam1 = Poland

|nationalcaps1 = 2

|nationalgoals1 = 2

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Adam Knioła (7 February 1911 – 26 December 1942) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=10774 |title=Adam Knioła |work=EU Football |access-date=3 October 2021}} He earned two caps for the Poland national team from 1931 to 1935.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/adam-kniola/ |title=Adam Knioła |work=worldfootball.net |access-date=3 October 2021}}

He was killed in the Auschwitz concentration camp during World War II.{{Cite web |date=14 June 2021 |title=The Making of the Polish National Football Team |url=https://culture.pl/en/article/the-making-of-the-polish-national-football-team |access-date=25 November 2021 |website=culture.pl}}

Honours

Warta Poznań

  • Ekstraklasa: 1929{{cite web |last1=Bugajski |first1=Antoni |title=Ofiara z Auschwitz. "To było trzecie Boże Narodzenie za drutami fabryki śmierci" |url=https://przegladsportowy.onet.pl/pilka-nozna/reprezentacja-polski/ofiara-z-auschwitz-to-bylo-trzecie-boze-narodzenie-za-drutami-fabryki-smierci/s5kzsjc |website=przegladsportowy.onet.pl |access-date=27 October 2024 |language=pl |date=26 December 2022}}

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