Robert Sadowski

Club career

Sadowski, nicknamed by the press "Frumosul Robert" (Handsome Robert), was born on 16 August 1914 in Cernăuți, Austria-Hungary and began playing football as a goalkeeper at local club Muncitorul. In 1935 he went to play for AMEF Arad, making his Divizia A debut on 29 September in a 2–2 draw against Gloria Arad. After appearing regularly for AMEF three seasons, during which the team finished twice in second place, he joined Juventus București. Sadowski spent two years with Juventus, then he signed for neighboring club Rapid. There, he won the 1939–40 Cupa României, with coach Ștefan Auer using him the entire match in the 2–1 victory in the fourth game of the final against Venus București, as the previous three in which he did not play were draws. In the following season he helped the club earn a second place in the league and win another Cupa României, being used the full 90 minutes by coach Iuliu Baratky in the 4–3 victory against Unirea Tricolor București in the final. In the 1941–42 season, Sadowski helped The Railwaymen win the third consecutive Cupa României, being again used by Baratky the whole match in the final, a 7–1 win over Universitatea Cluj-Sibiu. In 1947 he left Rapid after Valentin Stănescu was brought as goalkeeper, initially going to play for Divizia B team, Astra Română Poiana Câmpina, but eventually he stayed in Divizia A for one more season at Ciocanul București. He made his last appearance in the league on 5 May 1948 in Ciocanul's 2–1…

Club career

Sadowski started playing ice hockey in 1935 at HC Bragadiru București, playing as a right winger, alongside Constantin Cantacuzino and Andrei Bărbulescu, winning the Romanian Hockey League in his first season. He then went to play for a few years for his hometown team, Dragoș Vodă Cernăuți, with whom he won another Romanian league title. Afterwards, Sadowski joined for one season Rapid București where he was teammates with Mihai Flamaropol, helping the club win the 1940 title. In 1940 he went alongside Flamaropol to play for Juventus București for six seasons, winning four titles. He ended his career in 1947 after one year spent at HC Ciocanul București.

International career

Sadowski represented Romania's national team in three World Championships. First he played one game during the 1937 edition when the team finished in 10th place. He appeared in three games in the following World Championships when Romania finished in 13th place. During the 1947 edition, Sadowski made a personal record of six appearances in a final tournament, as the team finished in 7th place.

Footballer

Rapid București

Cupa României: 1939–40, 1940–41, 1941–42

Ice hockey player

HC Bragadiru București

Romanian Hockey League: 1936 Dragoș Vodă Cernăuți

Romanian Hockey League: 1938 Rapid București

Romanian Hockey League: 1940 Juventus București

Romanian Hockey League: 1941, 1942, 1945, 1946