Zdzisław Puszkarz

In 2018 a mural of Zdzisław Puszkarz was painted on the side of an apartment building in Gdańsk.

In 2012 Puszkarz joined the Lechia youth set up. In 2013 he signed a new contract becoming the Lechia Gdańsk U21's assistant.

On 28 March 1987, at the age of 37, Puszkarz achieved his dream of playing in the Ekstraklasa with Lechia. His first appearance with Lechia ended as a 1-0 defeat to Widzew Łódź. At the age of 38 Puszkarz made his final appearance for Lechia in a match against GKS Katowice on 11 June 1988, Lechia lost the match 2-1.

In 1982 Lechia suffered relegation to the third tier, and as a result Puszkarz left to join Bałtyk Gdynia. Despite many Ekstraklasa teams showing interest in Puszkarz over the years, it was only when Lechia were relegated and with Bałtyk Gdynia in the Ekstraklasa when he finally moved teams. This ensured that he could stay in the Tricity area where he had spent his whole life thus far. While at Bałtyk, Puszkarz played a total of 67 games, scoring 10 goals.

The next 10 years saw Lechia playing in the second tier, finishing 3 of those seasons as runners up, and narrowly missing out on promotion to the Ekstraklasa. During this time Puszkarz contributed 33 goals for the team in their continual bid for promotion. Despite Lechia playing in the second tier, Puszkarz was called up to the Poland squad in 1975 to play against East Germany. In his only game for Poland the team won 2-1, with Puszkarz coming of on the 46th minute with the scores still 0-0. In 1976 a Lechia matchday programme said of Puszkarz; "Zdzisiek is a true virtuoso of technique: with the ball every kick every nod, he does whatever he wants with it. Ambition, determination, speed, and conducting abilities - this is a list of his attributes, which he has recently enriched with no less important: effectiveness".

During the 1967-68 season Puszkarz often played with the youth team, before making his senior debut in a 2-1 defeat to Arkonia Szczecin. Over the next 4 seasons Puszkarz became a regular for Lechia while they played in the third tier. During this period Puszkarz scored a total of 18 goals, two of these came in the 5-0 win over Czarny Szczecin, the game which secured Lechia's promotion to the second tier of Polish football.

Zdzisław Puszkarz (born 18 February 1950) is a former Polish footballer. Puszkarz spent the majority of his career playing for football teams in the Tricity area, spending the majority of his career playing for Lechia Gdańsk. Puszkarz received one cap for Poland, playing against East Germany on 28 May 1975.