Career
In late 1930s Nyc played for Polonia Warszawa, and also represented the Polish national football team He participated in the legendary 1938 game Poland - Brazil 5-6 (June 5, 1938, in Strasbourg, France). During the Second World War, Nyc returned to Upper Silesia, where for a while played for a German minority team 1.
Football Club Katowice.
Called up to the German Army, continued his career in the military teams of the Luftwaffe and the garrison of Berlin. After the war Nyc unlike many of his fellow Silesian-German soccer players remained in his homeland under Communist Poland. Initially, he had many problems with the Communist government, which regarded him as a traitor.
However, a group of players from Krakow and Warsaw claimed that he had never betrayed Poland and had actively supported Polish underground organizations.
Born Erwin Nytz, after the restoration of Poland"s sovereignty he changed his last name back to its Polish version. During the Second World War his last name was again Germanized.
After the war this change was annulled.