Wilhelm Simetsreiter
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 16 March 1915 | ||
| Place of birth | Munich, Germany | ||
| Date of death | 17 July 2001 (aged 86) | ||
| Position | Left wing | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| Bayern Munich | |||
| International career | |||
| 1936 | Germany | 8 | |
| * Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Wilhelm "Willy" Simetsreiter (16 March 1915 – 17 July 2001), popularly known as Schimmy, was a German footballer.
Biography
[edit | edit source]A native of Munich, Simetsreiter played his career along the left wing for his club Bayern Munich. He is usually considered the fastest-ever player at this position in the club's history.[citation needed]
He scored three goals against Luxembourg on 4 August at the 1936 Summer Olympics in Berlin. He was also part of Germany's squad at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1] At the time, the 21-year-old was one of the youngest players in the national side to score a hat-trick. During the 1930s, Simetsreiter was capped a total of eight times by the German national football team.[2]
References
[edit | edit source]External links
[edit | edit source]- Wilhelm Simetsreiter – FIFA competition record (archived)Lua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Wilhelm Simetsreiter at National-Football-Teams.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Wilhelm Simetsreiter at fussballdaten.de (in German)
- Willy Simetsreiter at WorldFootball.netLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
- Willy Simetsreiter at Olympics.comLua error in Module:WikidataCheck at line 29: attempt to index field 'wikibase' (a nil value).
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