Stanisław Ożóg was born on 11 April 1930 in Daszawa (the former USSR). After the war he lived in Łowyń near Międzyrzecz. He attended a school in Sulęcin. He was an athlete, a long-distance runner, the eleven-fold champion of Poland in 10 km racing as well as 8 and 12 km cross country racing (in the years 1954-1962). He participated in the Olympic Games in Rome in 1960.
After he had finished his sports career in 1971, he moved from Kraków to Sulęcin. He died on 25 November 1998; he was buried in Sulęcin. Since 1999 the Stanisław Ożóg Memorial has been organized in Sulęcin.