Wilhelm Simetsreiter

Wilhelm Simetsreiter
Personal information
Date of birth	16 March 1915
Place of birth	Munich, Germany
Date of death	17 July 2001 (aged 86)
Position(s)	Left wing
Senior career*
Years	Team
	Bayern Munich
International career
1936	Germany
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Wilhelm "Willy" Simetsreiter (16 March 1915 – 17 July 2001), popularly known as Schimmy, was a German footballer.

Biography

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

^ "Wilhelm Simetsreiter". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
^ Arnhold, Matthias (2 February 2017). "Wilhelm 'Willy' Simetsreiter - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

External links

Wilhelm Simetsreiter – FIFA competition record (archived)
Wilhelm Simetsreiter at National-Football-Teams.com
Wilhelm Simetsreiter at fussballdaten.de (in German)
Willy Simetsreiter at WorldFootball.net
Willy Simetsreiter at Olympics.com
Willy Simetsreiter at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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[1] "Wilhelm Simetsreiter". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 September 2021.

[2] Arnhold, Matthias (2 February 2017). "Wilhelm 'Willy' Simetsreiter - Goals in International Matches". RSSSF. Retrieved 9 February 2017.

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