Wilhelm Simetsreiter

German footballer

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

^ "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)

Germany football squad – 1936 Summer Olympics

GK Buchloh
GK Jakob
GK Jürissen
DF Ditgens
DF Munkert
DF Münzenberg
MF Bernard
MF Gellesch
MF Goldbrunner
MF Gramlich (c)
MF Janes
MF Mehl
MF Sold
FW Eckert
FW Elbern
FW Gauchel
FW Hohmann
FW Lehner
FW Lenz
FW Siffling
FW Simetsreiter
FW Urban
Coach: Nerz

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