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Also known as Ernest Otton Wilimowski

Polish footballer (1916-1997)

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Type
Person
Gender
Male
Origin
Austria
Active from
1941
Active to
2008

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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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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.