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Championship of Poland as early as in 1940. Allegedly, Junak planned to purchase
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In 1922, a sports club Czarni was founded in
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garrison was elected president of the club. He was a great fan of football. Using his influences, Młotek organized Junak's council, which included the most influential citizens of the town (among them – the mayor of
Drohobycz).
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and Poland national team, by far the best player in interwar Poland. Also, at the beginning of 1939, Junak bought another star of Polish football,
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