SOCCER PLAYER

Ernst Wilimowski

1916 - 1997

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Ernest Otton Wilimowski (German: Ernst Otto Wilimowski, born Ernst Otto Prandella; 23 June 1916 – 30 August 1997), nicknamed "Ezi", was a footballer who played as a forward. He ranks among the best goalscorers in the history of both the Poland national team and Polish club football. After re-taking German citizenship following the invasion of Poland, he also played for the Germany national team. Wilimowski was the first player to score four goals in a single FIFA World Cup game. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Ernst Wilimowski is the 583rd most popular soccer player (down from 402nd in 2019), the 363rd most popular biography from Poland (down from 326th in 2019) and the 9th most popular Polish Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Ernst Wilimowski ranks 583 out of 21,273. Before him are Sigfried Held, Christian Vieri, Míchel, Herbert Wimmer, Michio Ashikaga, and Takao Nishiyama. After him are Luis Carniglia, Pak Doo-ik, Luis del Sol, Gareth Bale, Velibor Vasović, and Hideo Shinojima.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1916, Ernst Wilimowski ranks 70. Before him are Georg Henrik von Wright, Hubert Maga, Lars Korvald, Lung Chien, Hassan Gouled Aptidon, and Léo Ferré. After him are Hamani Diori, Bernard Blier, Richard Fleischer, Giorgio Bassani, Sterling Hayden, and Luigi Comencini. Among people deceased in 1997, Ernst Wilimowski ranks 81. Before him are Nikolai Tikhonov, Alparslan Türkeş, Stig Anderson, Amado Carrillo Fuentes, Barbara, and Héctor Yazalde. After him are Virgilio Barco Vargas, Edward Mulhare, Samuel Fuller, Manfred von Ardenne, Kunihiko Kodaira, and Son Sen.

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In Poland

Among people born in Poland, Ernst Wilimowski ranks 363 out of 1,694. Before him are Maria Clementina Sobieska (1702), Hyacinth Graf Strachwitz (1893), Bolesław IV the Curly (1120), Johannes Bugenhagen (1485), Andreas Gryphius (1616), and Avraham Stern (1907). After him are Ewald Georg von Kleist (1700), Stanislav Kosior (1889), C. L. Gloger (1803), Krzysztof Zanussi (1939), Stanisław Ignacy Witkiewicz (1885), and Leszek II the Black (1241).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Poland

Among soccer players born in Poland, Ernst Wilimowski ranks 9. Before him are Grzegorz Lato (1950), Udo Lattek (1935), Zbigniew Boniek (1956), Kazimierz Deyna (1947), Wojciech Szczęsny (1990), and Lukas Podolski (1985). After him are Włodzimierz Lubański (1947), Włodzimierz Smolarek (1957), Andrzej Szarmach (1950), Jerzy Dudek (1973), Jan Tomaszewski (1948), and Wolfgang Weber (1944).

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