Wacław Kuchar
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Wacław Michał Kuchar | ||
| Date of birth | 16 September 1897 | ||
| Place of birth | Łańcut, Poland | ||
| Date of death | 13 February 1981 (aged 83) | ||
| Place of death | Warsaw, Poland | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1912–1935 | Pogoń Lwów | 198 | (98) |
| Total | 198 | (98) | |
| International career | |||
| 1921–1928 | Poland | 23 | (5) |
| Managerial career | |||
| 1939–1941 | Dynamo Lwów | ||
| 1944–1945 | Dynamo Lwów | ||
| 1946 | Polonia Bytom | ||
| 1947–1949 | Poland | ||
| 1949–1953 | Legia Warsaw | ||
| 1953–1957 | Polonia Warsaw | ||
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Wacław Michał Kuchar (16 September 1897 – 13 February 1981) was a Polish sports champion, Olympian, and multiple football, track and field and speed skating champion of the country.
Kuchar excelled in many sports – track and field, football (firstly – as a forward, then as a midfielder, and finally at the end of his career – as a defender), skiing, speed skating and ice hockey. Even though born in Łańcut, his whole life was connected with Lwów, where he played for Pogoń Lwów – one of the most important and most popular sports clubs of interwar Poland. After finishing his career, he became a referee, coach and sports official. To this day Kuchar is regarded as an excellent example of fair play.
In 1926, in a poll held by the Polish sports daily Przegląd Sportowy, Kuchar was chosen as the athlete of the year. A year later he came in 10th in the same poll. In 1924, at the Paris Olympic Games, he played on the Poland national football team.