1995 was the president of PZPN. From 3 July 1995 he was the honorary president of PZPN. He died from cancer following a long illness on 23 May 2006, aged 85, in Warsaw. Awards and recognition Honours FIFA Order of Merit (2006, posthumously) Order of Merit in Ruby – UEFA award (2006, posthumously) Gold Medal of Merit – FIFA award (2001) Commander's Cross of Polonia Restituta (1996) Commander's with Star of Polonia Restituta (2006) Grand Cross of Polonia Restituta (2006, posthumous) Honorary citizen of Lviv (2003), Plock (2004) and Lubaczów Doctor Honoris Causa of the Gdańsk Academy of Physical Education and Sport (Akademia Wychowania Fizycznego i Sportu im. Jędrzeja Śniadeckiego) (24 November 2003) Super Victor (24 April 2006) Other recognition A School Sports Championships in Łódź was named after him. The Stadion Narodowy is named after him and has a statue honouring him outside it. The Płock Municipal Stadium is also named after him. References External links 1921 births 2006 deaths 1974 FIFA World Cup managers Sportspeople from Lviv People from Lwów Voivodeship Polish football managers Polish footballers Polish expatriate footballers Poland international footballers Polish expatriate football managers FC Dynamo Lviv players Legia Warsaw players Olympiacos F.C. managers Panathinaikos F.C. managers Ethnikos Piraeus F.C. managers Super League Greece managers Expatriate football managers in Greece Grand Crosses of the Order of Polonia Restituta Poland national football team managers Legia Warsaw managers ŁKS Łódź managers Gwardia Warsaw managers Deaths from cancer in Poland Association football forwards