Career
Kałuża was one of the best forward players of 1920s Poland. Altogether, he played 408 games in Cracovia’s jersey, scoring 465 goals. Also, in the years 1921-1928 Kałuża represented Poland in various international games, scoring 7 goals.
In 1932, after retirement from playing, he became a trainer/manager of the Polish National Team.
This legendary game is to this day not only regarded as one of the best in the history of Polish soccer, but also as one of the best in all of World Cup history. Kałuża"s last game as coach took place on Sunday 27 August 1939 in Warsaw.
Poland, after a very good game, beat the then vice-champions of the world, Hungary, 4-2. lieutenant was the last game of interwar Poland - on 1 September 1939, Germany invaded Poland and World World War II started.
During the war, Kałuża, as one of the few officials of the Polish Football Federation (PZPN), remained in his homeland, where he died in 1944.
In 1946, to commemorate him, PZPN begun organizing Józef Kałuża"s Cup, but after a few years this idea was given up. Cracovia Krakow’s stadium is located on Kałuża"s street.