Pogorzala, Raymond J.
(In sports and athletics known as "Ray Fischer").
Sports promoter. Senior clerk in Erie County Clerks Office, Buffalo, N. Y. Business address: Erie County Hall, Buffalo, N. Y. Born in Buffalo, N. Y., Feb. 1, 1891; son of Stanislaus Pogorzala and Apolonia Majchrzycka. Studied at St. John Kanty parochial school and Public School No. 44, Buffalo,
N. Y. Graduate of Buffalo Technical High School and Bryant and Stratton Business College. Buffalo, N. Y. Clerk in law office of Leon J. Nowak, Buffalo, N. Y., 1910-1912. Stenographer and secretary at A. Schreiber Brewing Co.. Buffalo, N. Y., 1912-1916. Clerk in Central Office of Pierce Arrow Motor Car Company, Buffalo, N. Y., 1918-1919. Engaged in real estate and insurance business from April 1916 to June, 1935. Toll collector on Grand Island Bridges, Tonawanda, N. Y., under supervision of N. Y. State Dept. of Highways and Public Works, 1935-1937. Clerk in Erie County Welfare Dept.,
1939-1940. Interpreter in U.S. Post-office during alien registration, 1940 1941. Senior clerk in Erie County Clerks Office from Nov. 26, 1941 to present time. Married Antoinette Napierala. Nov. 29, 1916. Has one child. Manager of following baseball teams: Blue Points, Corbins, Milburn Stars, Milburns, South Depews, Depew Industrials, New York Central Lines, Silver Kings, Polish Nationals, Buffalo Nationals, Easter Brands, Densville, N. Y. Knights of Columbus, Erie, Pa., Boosters and House of David. Also manager of following basketball teams: Polish Falcons of Buffalo, Depew, N. Y.; Buffalo Lincolns, one of the best basketball teams in the United States from 1916 to 1927; Seneca Indians; House of David; Buffalo Bisons; Buffalo G.O.P. of New York State Pro Basket Ball League. Member of numerous fraternal and civic organizations. Was a candidate for councilman in of the Walden District. Residence: 450 Moselle St., Buffalo, N.Y.From: "Who's Who in Polish America" by Rev. Francis Bolek, Editor-in-Chief; Harbinger House, New York, 1943