My father Jozef Nawrot, he played football for the Polish national side - any relatives in Krakow?

norrak 1 | -

7 Apr 2010 / #1

Dear all,
just a short one about my father Jozef Nawrot,he played football for the Polish national side,Kracow and Legia Warsaw.I would like to know the meaning of the name and also some history of my father and whether I have any relatives in and around the world especially in Kracow.

Regards to you all.

convex 20 | 3928

7 Apr 2010 / #2

my father Jozef Nawrot

Really? Wow.

I just read up, and found this in wikipedia :(

"Pozostał na emigracji do końca życia, nie utrzymywał kontaktów ze znajomymi w kraju."

It also mentioned that towards the end of his career, he played for Polonia Warsaw, perhaps it might be worthwhile to contact them in addition to Legia?

He took part in Market Garden as well, if you have information on who he was with, that might be a good route for finding information as well.

Polonius3 980 | 12275

7 Apr 2010 / #3

NAWROT: the Czech-influenced Nawrat and other forms such as Nawrocki usually originated to describe a convert, someone who had changed his faith. It could have also originated as a toponymic nickname for an inhabitant of Nawra.

Seanus 15 | 19666

7 Apr 2010 / #4

I know two Nawrot's here.