Marian Stanisław Norkowski (born May 17, 1935 in Toruń

Torun

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, died March 7, 2001 in Warsaw

Warsaw

Warsaw is the capital and largest city of Poland. It is located on the Vistula River, roughly from the Baltic Sea and from the Carpathian Mountains. Its population in 2010 was estimated at 1,716,855 residents with a greater metropolitan area of 2,631,902 residents, making Warsaw the 10th most...

) was a Polish

Poland

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 football forward, top scorer of the Polish Football League of the 1960 season, with 17 goals. Norkowski began his career in Pomorzanin Toruń, and in 1952 he moved to Polonia Bydgoszcz

Polonia Bydgoszcz

ŻKS Polonia Bydgoszcz is a Polish speedway team based in Bydgoszcz who currently race in the Speedway Ekstraliga . The club has won the Polish Speedway League Championship seven times, the latest in 2002, and European Team Championship three times, the latest in 2001.- Club history :* 1920 -...

, where he remained until 1970. With Polonia, he played 7 seasons in the Ekstraklasa, scoring altogether 91 goals. He also capped six times for Poland, with one goal. Norkowski was a member of the Polish team for the 1960 Summer Olympics

1960 Summer Olympics

The 1960 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XVII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event held from August 25 to September 11, 1960 in Rome, Italy...

 in Rome

Rome

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. After retiring, he worked as a coach, but without any achievements.