During his time playing in Brody, Żytniak worked as a builder for his profession, and graduated from a merchant high school.
[2] This turned out to be Żytniak's only I liga appearance of his career, as he failed to feature any more times for the club in the league that season.
This was Żytniak's last competitive appearance for the club as he was later banned from football by the WKKF, OZPN and the Budowlani sports club (who operated Lechia Gdańsk at the time) due to his "scandalous behaviour" in a friendly with Gedania Gdańsk on 1 November 1950.
The conditions of his ban were slowly eased, and Żytniak moved to Słupsk, joining Czarni.
Comments also made by former teammates suggest that Żytniak could be quick to anger, such as instances of kicking a stand after giving away a penalty, and the incident that initially got him banned from football.