Wilhelm "Willy" Simetsreiter (16 March 1915 – 17 July 2001), popularly known as Schimmy, was a German footballer.
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 Germany national football team.[2]
References edit
- ^ "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 edit
- 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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