Tadeusz Parpan

{{short description|Polish footballer}}

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|name = Tadeusz Parpan

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|fullname = Tadeusz Piotr Parpan

|birth_date = {{birth date|1919|11|16|df=yes}}

|birth_place = Kraków, Poland

|death_date = {{death date and age|1990|4|21|1919|11|16|df=yes}}

|death_place = Kraków, Poland

|height = 1.86 m{{cite web |title=Tadeusz Parpan |url=http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=40073 |website=90minut.pl |access-date=8 October 2024 |language=pl |archive-date=8 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008134229/http://www.90minut.pl/kariera.php?id=40073 |url-status=live }}

|position = Defender, midfielder

|years1 = 1941–1944 | clubs1 = Łagiewianka Łagiewniki | caps1 = | goals1 =

|years2 = 1945–1950 | clubs2 = Cracovia | caps2 = | goals2 =

|years3 = 1950 | clubs3 = Legia Warsaw | caps3 = | goals3 =

|years4 = 1951–1952 | clubs4 = Włókniarz Kraków | caps4 = | goals4 =

|years5 = 1952–1955 | clubs5 = Start-Oldboye | caps5 = | goals5 =

|nationalyears1 = 1947–1950

|nationalteam1 = Poland

|nationalcaps1 = 20

|nationalgoals1 = 1

|manageryears1 = 1954

|managerclubs1 = Ogniwo/Sparta Kraków

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Tadeusz Piotr Parpan (16 November 1919 – 21 April 1990) was a Polish footballer.{{cite web |title=PARPAN Tadeusz |url=https://polska-pilka.pl/reprezentanci/p/parpan-tadeusz?highlight=WyJwYXJwYW4iXQ== |website=polska-pilka.pl |access-date=8 October 2024 |language=pl |date=24 November 2020 |archive-date=8 October 2024 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20241008134229/https://polska-pilka.pl/reprezentanci/p/parpan-tadeusz?highlight=WyJwYXJwYW4iXQ== |url-status=live }} He was a graduate of the Kraków Technical University (Politechnika Krakowska).

Parpan represented Cracovia (1945–1950), Garbarnia Kraków (1951–52) and the Poland national team, he played in midfield, later - as a defender. With Cracovia, he won the championship in 1948, and made 20 appearances for his national side, most of them as the captain. During Second World War was a member of the Armia Krajowa (Polish Home Army).{{citation needed|date=October 2024}} After finishing career, he worked as a coach and a teacher at Politechnika Krakowska. Up to this day, Parpan is a well-remembered symbol of Cracovia's greatness.{{citation needed|date=October 2024}}