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Jan Tomaszewski (born January 9, 1948) is a retired Polish
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 football
Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
er, who was nickname
Nickname

A nickname is a descriptive name given in place of or in addition to the official name of a person, place or thing. Another class of nickname is the familiar or truncated form of the proper name, such as Bob, Bobby, Rob, Robbie, and Bert for Robert, more properly called a short name....
d "Tomek", the "Clown" and "The Man That Stopped England". He grew up in Wroclaw
Wroclaw

Wroclaw is the chief city of the historical region of Lower Silesia in south-western Poland, situated on the Oder River river. Over the centuries the city has been part of Kingdom of Poland , Bohemia, Austria, Prussia, and Germany....
 where his parents were expelled from Wilno after World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
.

A goalkeeper
Goalkeeper

In many team sports, a goalkeeper is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the goal ....
, Tomaszewski is best remembered by some for his performance for Poland
Poland national football team

The Poland national football team is the national Football team of Poland, under the auspices of the Polish Football Association .Poland's football history is littered with boom and bust periods, with legendary teams such as the one of the mid-seventies that beat England national football team at Wembley to qualify for the 1974 FIFA World...
 against England
England national football team

The English national football team represents England in international Association football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England....
, in a qualifying match for the 1974 World Cup, which England needed to win. Tomaszewski had been labelled "a clown" by Brian Clough
Brian Clough

Brian Howard Clough, Order of the British Empire was an England association football and subsequently football manager, most notable for his success with Derby County F.C....
 before the match (the two men however became quite friendly in later years), but had the last laugh as he turned in a man-of-the-match performance repeatedly denying England's attackers; the only goal he conceded being a penalty
Penalty kick

A penalty kick is a type of free kick in association football, taken from twelve yards out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal....
 from Allan Clarke
Allan Clarke (footballer)

Allan John Clarke was one of English football's greatest goalscorers who shot to fame in the much-admired and feared Leeds United A.F.C. team of the 1970s....
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Jan Tomaszewski (born January 9, 1948) is a retired Polish
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
 football
Football (soccer)

Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of eleven players, and is widely considered to be the most popular sport in the world....
er, who was nickname
Nickname

A nickname is a descriptive name given in place of or in addition to the official name of a person, place or thing. Another class of nickname is the familiar or truncated form of the proper name, such as Bob, Bobby, Rob, Robbie, and Bert for Robert, more properly called a short name....
d "Tomek", the "Clown" and "The Man That Stopped England". He grew up in Wroclaw
Wroclaw

Wroclaw is the chief city of the historical region of Lower Silesia in south-western Poland, situated on the Oder River river. Over the centuries the city has been part of Kingdom of Poland , Bohemia, Austria, Prussia, and Germany....
 where his parents were expelled from Wilno after World War II
World War II

World War II, or the Second World War , was a global military conflict which involved a Participants in World War II, including all of the great powers, organised into two opposing military alliances: the Allies of World War II and the Axis powers....
.

A goalkeeper
Goalkeeper

In many team sports, a goalkeeper is a designated player that is charged with directly preventing the opposite team from scoring by defending the goal ....
, Tomaszewski is best remembered by some for his performance for Poland
Poland national football team

The Poland national football team is the national Football team of Poland, under the auspices of the Polish Football Association .Poland's football history is littered with boom and bust periods, with legendary teams such as the one of the mid-seventies that beat England national football team at Wembley to qualify for the 1974 FIFA World...
 against England
England national football team

The English national football team represents England in international Association football and is controlled by The Football Association, the governing body for football in England....
, in a qualifying match for the 1974 World Cup, which England needed to win. Tomaszewski had been labelled "a clown" by Brian Clough
Brian Clough

Brian Howard Clough, Order of the British Empire was an England association football and subsequently football manager, most notable for his success with Derby County F.C....
 before the match (the two men however became quite friendly in later years), but had the last laugh as he turned in a man-of-the-match performance repeatedly denying England's attackers; the only goal he conceded being a penalty
Penalty kick

A penalty kick is a type of free kick in association football, taken from twelve yards out from goal and with only the goalkeeper of the defending team between the penalty taker and the goal....
 from Allan Clarke
Allan Clarke (footballer)

Allan John Clarke was one of English football's greatest goalscorers who shot to fame in the much-admired and feared Leeds United A.F.C. team of the 1970s....
. Earlier, Jan Domarski
Jan Domarski

Jan Domarski was a Poland football player and bronze-medal winner in the 1974 World Cup tournament in Germany. He played in seventeen matches for the Polish national football team and was a double-champion with the club Stal Mielec....
 had scored for the Poles. Poland drew the game 1-1 and Poland qualified for the finals in West Germany
West Germany

West Germany was the common English name for the Germany , from its formation in May 1949 to German reunification in October 1990, when East Germany was dissolved and its States of Germany became part of the Federal Republic, ending the more than 40-year division of Germany....
.

In The Story of the World Cup, Brian Glanville
Brian Glanville

Brian Lester Glanville is a leading England football writer and novelist....
 wrote: "In retrospect, to be eliminated by so fine a side as Poland seems no disgrace, but this is a posteriori reasoning. I doubt if England could have made so dazzling a contribution as Poland to the tournament, yet it should be remembered that the Poland which beat England and the Poland which took their place were two very different propositions". (p. 191, 2005 edn.)

Poland went on to claim third place during a tournament in which Tomaszewski saved two penalties in two different matches (from Staffan Tapper
Staffan Tapper

Staffan Tapper is a former Football from Sweden.Playing for Malm? FF, his career there was successful, becoming Swedish champion as well as runner-up in the European Champion Clubs' Cup....
 and Uli Hoeneß
Uli Hoeneß

Ulrich ?Uli? Hoene?, is a former German football player and is now general manager of the football club FC Bayern Munich....
) - the first 'keeper in FIFA World Cup
FIFA World Cup

The FIFA World Cup, occasionally called the Football World Cup, but usually referred to simply as the World Cup, is an international association football competition contested by the List of men's national association football teams of the members of F?d?ration Internationale de Football Association , the sport's global govern...
 history to do so. Tomaszewski went on to win a silver medal
Silver medal

A silver medal is a medal awarded to the second place finisher of contests such as the Olympic Games, Commonwealth Games, etc.First and third place finishers traditionally receive a gold medal and bronze medal, respectively....
 with Poland at the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976....
, and also played in the 1978 World Cup, where Poland disappointed in only managing to get as far as the second group phase.

Tomaszewski's club career was mainly at LKS Lódz
LKS Lódz

LKS L?dz, Wikibooks:Polish/Polish pronunciation , is a Polish football club based in L?dz, Poland. The club was founded in 1908....
, having been forbidden by Poland's communist government to play abroad before the age of 30, even after coming to international attention.

After the 1978 World Cup, he moved abroad, first to Belgian
Belgium

* A small German-speaking Community of Belgium exists in eastern Wallonia. Belgium's linguistic diversity and related political and cultural conflicts are reflected in the history of Belgium and a complex Communities and regions of Belgium....
 club Beerschot
K. Beerschot V.A.C.

Koninklijke Beerschot Voetbal en Atletiek Club is a former Belgium football club from Antwerp. This club was founded in 1899 when most players of R....
, and then Hércules in Spain
Spain

Spain or the Kingdom of Spain , is a country located in Southern Europe on the Iberian Peninsula.The Spanish constitution does not establish any official denomination of the country, even though Espa?a , Estado espa?ol and Naci?n espa?ola are used interchangeably....
, before retiring in 1982. In all he won 63 caps for Poland, making him his country's most-capped 'keeper.

He now works as a commentator
Sportscaster

A sportscaster is a type of journalist on radio and/or television who specializes in reporting or commentating on sporting events. Sportscasting is often done live television, "in real-time"....
 and sports journalist
Journalist

A journalist is a person who practices journalism, the gathering and dissemination of information about current events, trends, issues, and people while striving for viewpoints that aren't biased....
. He is known for making controversial comments about football in Poland
Poland

Poland , officially the Republic of Poland , is a country in Central Europe. Poland is bordered by Germany to the west; the Czech Republic and Slovakia to the south; Ukraine, Belarus and Lithuania to the east; and the Baltic Sea and Kaliningrad Oblast, a Russian Enclave and exclave, to the north....
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