Euro 2012: Newsfile

Polish hero returns home

Euro 2012: Newsfile

A statue dedicated to Polish football legend Kazimierz Deyna was unveiled outside the home of Legia stadium on Wednesday in Warsaw. The player’s ashes were interred in his homeland during an emotional ceremony two decades after his death in a car crash in the US. Getty

The ashes of one of Poland’s greatest players, Kazimierz Deyna, were placed at the Powazki Cemetery in Warsaw this week having been brought home almost 23 years after he was killed in a car crash in San Diego.

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