Karol Pazurek

{{Short description|Polish footballer (1905–1945)}}

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| name = Karol Pazurek

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1905|12|17|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Katowice, German Empire

| death_date = {{death date and age|1945|1|6|1905|12|17|df=yes}}

| death_place = near Miechów, Poland

| height = 1.69 m

| position = Forward

| years1 = 1921–1924

| clubs1 = Turngemeinde Katowice

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| years2 = 1924–1928

| clubs2 = Pogoń Katowice

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| years3 = 1926–1927

| clubs3 = WKS 73 pp Katowice

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| years4 = 1929–1938

| clubs4 = Garbarnia Kraków

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| years5 = 1938

| clubs5 = Polonia Warsaw

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| years6 = 1940–1944

| clubs6 = DTSG Kraków

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| nationalyears1 = 1927–1935

| nationalteam1 = Poland

| nationalcaps1 = 16

| nationalgoals1 = 4

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Karol Pazurek (17 December 1905 – 6 January 1945) was a Polish footballer who played as a forward.{{cite web|url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/karol-pazurek/ |title=Karol Pazurek |work=worldfootball.net |access-date=3 October 2021}} He made 16 appearances for the Poland national team from 1927 to 1935.{{cite web|url=https://eu-football.info/_player.php?id=16207 |title=Karol Pazurek |work=EU Football |access-date=3 October 2021}}{{cite web |title=PAZUREK Karol |url=https://polska-pilka.pl/reprezentanci/p/pazurek-karol?highlight=WyJwYXp1cmVrIl0= |website=polska-pilka.pl |access-date=23 October 2024 |language=pl |date=9 May 2020}}

He was conscripted into the Wehrmacht during the Second World War and was killed by gunfire while driving a German car in 1945.{{cite web |title=100 zapomnianych piłkarzy na stulecie niepodległości #5 - Retro Futbol |url=https://rfbl.pl/100-zapomnianych-na-stulecie-5/ |website=RetroFutbol.pl |access-date=21 December 2023 |language=pl-PL |date=8 November 2018}}