Guest Posted September 24, 2014 Report Share Posted September 24, 2014 (edited) https://m.facebook.com/story.php?story_fbid=10203127462287737&id=1242263567 http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Henryk_Glücklich Edited September 25, 2014 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted September 24, 2014 Report Share Posted September 24, 2014 Another one hits the dust, sorry to hear that. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted September 24, 2014 Report Share Posted September 24, 2014 Sad to hear this.I know a friend of mine from Bydgoszcz holds Henryk in very high esteem.I only saw him once or twice.The '75 Final at Wembley for instance. RIP Would also be nice if the initiator of this thread could use the facility to correct his name.Not wanting to have a go,but it doesn't seem right on an important thread like this to spell someones name wrong,even though i am sure it was a mistake Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted September 24, 2014 Report Share Posted September 24, 2014 R.I.P. Henryk. + Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
westhamboy66 Posted September 24, 2014 Report Share Posted September 24, 2014 Sad to hear this.I know a friend of mine from Bydgoszcz holds Henryk in very high esteem.I only saw him once or twice.The '75 Final at Wembley for instance. RIP Would also be nice if the initiator of this thread could use the facility to correct his name.Not wanting to have a go,but it doesn't seem right on an important thread like this to spell someones name wrong,even though i am sure it was a mistake Well done to the initiator for bringing this to the attention of those who remember Henryk. RIP However pointing out a simple error in spelling a difficult foreign name surely doesn't necessitate a comment does it? Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 25, 2014 Report Share Posted September 25, 2014 Well done to the initiator for bringing this to the attention of those who remember Henryk. RIP However pointing out a simple error in spelling a difficult foreign name surely doesn't necessitate a comment does it? Thanks westhamboy66 for drawing my attention to the wrong spelling of the surname. I have - hopefully - made the correction. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Guest Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 (edited) A message forwarded to me:: ::::::::: Henryk Glucklich RIP At the age of 69 former Polish international speedway rider, longtime leader of Polonia Bydgoszcz club, Henryk Glücklich passed away last week (writes Roman Chyla)."Little Warrior" as he was known in Bydgoszcz was born on 22 January 1945 in Rybnik.(Southern Poland.) He began his speedway career in the local Gornik Rybnik club in 1961 but unable to break through a large group of more successful riders , he moved to Polonia Bydgoszcz club in May 1963, where he remained to his retirement in 1981.The first significant success came in September 21, 1969 at the track in Rybnik - where along with Andrzej Wyglendą, Stanislaw Tkocz, Andrzej Pogorzelski and Edward Jancarz he won the Team World Cup. In addition to the World team Cup gold medal in 1969, has won four bronze medals in 1968, 1970, 1971 and 1972 The most successful individual glory came in 1970 at the track in Wroclaw, where in the final of the Individual World Championship he came fifth.Much too late, because at the age of 32 he was allowed in 1978 to join Reading Races, but apart from a league debut of 5 (paid 7) at home to Birmingham, he failed to live up to expectation as the three time world finalist and in early June was released. On the domestic level he won with his Polonia club Polish League gold medal in 1971. In the next season, on his "home" track he was close to winning the title of Individual Polish Champion, but an engine failure in the last race pushed him down to third place. Along with his team mates he won the gold (1974) and silver (1979) medal in Polish Pair Championships' . Individually he finished on the podium in the Golden (2nd place in 1967 and 1972) and Silver (3rd in 1966) Helmet. He also triumphed in the Memorial Meeting of the legendary Polish rider Alfred Smoczyk in Leszno in 1967.By the end of the seventies was the undisputed leader of Polonia Bydgoszcz and full-timeInternationl. He retired from speedway in the 1981 season. Since 1995 he lived in Germany. Despite failing health, he was a regular guest at events organized in Bydgoszcz and other Polish tracks. May He Rest in Peace. Edited September 26, 2014 by Guest Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
The White Knight Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Thank you for Posting that gustix - most interesting. I never realised that he was a World Team Cup Winner. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
iris123 Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 Well done to the initiator for bringing this to the attention of those who remember Henryk. RIP However pointing out a simple error in spelling a difficult foreign name surely doesn't necessitate a comment does it? I think it quite important and just wanted to, in a friendly manner point it out.I would have deleted my comment when the error was corrected,but as you make a point of it then i will leave it there.So in answer.....yes Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
OveFundinFan Posted September 26, 2014 Report Share Posted September 26, 2014 I remember Henryk and his polish friends coming to ride as a team in the uk. A good site to see around the Shay, Halifax, which was heavily banked and produced good racing from those that took advantage of the banking. Those days they were from "behind the iron curtain" and along with the Russians they always held a fascination to me and my friends. Good memories of top Polish and Russian racers. Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Bruiser McHuge Posted September 30, 2014 Report Share Posted September 30, 2014 Probably a lot of the Eastern European riders from that era were never as highly regarded worldwide as they maybe should have been, in total contrast to today and the totally open speedway world we have.... For instance I only saw Glucklich ride once live in one of my early matches at Hyde Road.....for Reading ?......and he didn't score a point and I never saw him again...or thought of him again to be honest until this thread.... He was obviously one of many East European riders never really allowed to thrive on the world stage but quite a handful in their own backyard....how times have changed now RIP Quote Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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