Key facts
- 1944
- 1. FC Kattowitz
- 1946
- SC Zwiesel
- 1948
- BC Augsburg
- Full name
- Ernest Otton Wilimowski
- Birth name
- Ernst Otto Prandella
- Date of birth
- ( 1916-06-23 ) 23 June 1916
- Place of birth
- Kattowitz , Kingdom of Prussia , German Empire
- Date of death
- 30 August 1997 (1997-08-30) (aged 81)
- Place of death
- Karlsruhe , Germany
- Position
- Forward
- Years
- Team
- 1932 1933
- 1. FC Kattowitz
- 1934 1939
- Ruch Chorzów
- 1939 1940
- 1. FC Kattowitz
- 1940 1942
- PSV Chemnitz
- 1942 1944
- 1860 Munich
- 1944 1945
- PSV Chemnitz
- 1946 1948
- SG Chemnitz-West
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Ernst
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Poland
- Place of birth
- Katowice
- Place of death
- Karlsruhe
- Occupation
- association football player
- Languages spoken
- German
- Participant in
- 1938 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- VfB Stuttgart
- Position played
- forward
- League
- Oberliga Süd
- Country for sport
- Germany
- Mass
- 68
- Image
- Mecz Warta Ruch 1937.jpg
- Height
- 172
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- Ernst Willimowski
- date of birth
- 1916-06-23
- date of death
- 1997-08-30
- end of work period
- 1959-00-00
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Encyclopedic overview
Ernest Otton Wilimowski (German: Ernst Otto Wilimowski, born Ernst Otto Prandella; 23 June 1916 – 30 August 1997), nicknamed "Ezi", was a Polish and German footballer who played as a forward. Willimowski had a career spanned nearly a quarter of a century in both countries, Poland and Germany, and was capped for their respective national teams.
According to RSSSF, he scored at least 683 goals in 484 official games, making him the 17th greatest goalscorer of all time and over 1077 total goals including friendlies. He is the most prolific goalscorer in official matches in one season in recorded history according to RSSSF, with 107 goals scored in 45 matches. Wilimowski was the first player to score four goals in a single FIFA World Cup game.
Excerpted from Wikipedia’s “Ernst Wilimowski” article, available under the CC BY-SA 4.0 licence.