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Leopold Kielholz

1911 - 1980

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Leopold "Poldi" Kielholz (9 June 1911 – 4 June 1980[2]) was a Swiss football striker. He participated in the 1934 FIFA World Cup, scoring 3 goals, and also in the 1938 FIFA World Cup. Historically, he was the first Swiss international to score a goal for his country in a World Cup tournament. He was known for wearing glasses during games. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Leopold Kielholz is the 1,056th most popular soccer player (up from 1,066th in 2019), the 273rd most popular biography from Switzerland and the 6th most popular Swiss Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Leopold Kielholz ranks 1,056 out of 21,273. Before him are Godfrey Chitalu, Franky Van der Elst, Ivan Hašek, José Pékerman, Luis Artime, and Gino Colaussi. After him are Joan Segarra, Pablo Forlán, Julio Salinas, Ousmane Dembélé, José Della Torre, and Marc Wilmots.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1911, Leopold Kielholz ranks 134. Before him are Barbara West, Gardner Fox, Pierre Harmel, Randolph Churchill, Birger Ruud, and Otto Baum. After him are Carlos Marighella, David Ogilvy, Sidney Wood, José María Arguedas, Mikhail Yangel, and Merle Oberon. Among people deceased in 1980, Leopold Kielholz ranks 116. Before him are André Leducq, Toyen, Mohammed Rafi, Pietro Nenni, Erich Hückel, and Hiroshi Inagaki. After him are Hellmuth Walter, Ahmad Shukeiri, Dixie Dean, Gerhard Hanappi, Boun Oum, and Justas Paleckis.

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In Switzerland

Among people born in Switzerland, Leopold Kielholz ranks 273 out of 1,015. Before him are Matilda of Habsburg (1253), Daniel Peter (1836), Doris Leuthard (1963), Hugo Koblet (1925), Abraham Trembley (1710), and Isaac Casaubon (1559). After him are Alexandre Calame (1810), Johann II Bernoulli (1710), Giovanni Giacometti (1868), Gustave Moynier (1826), Gilberto Agustoni (1922), and Wilhelm Meyer-Lübke (1861).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Switzerland

Among soccer players born in Switzerland, Leopold Kielholz ranks 6. Before him are Werner Leimgruber (1934), Yann Sommer (1988), Ivan Rakitić (1988), André Abegglen (1909), and Roberto Di Matteo (1970). After him are Josef Hügi (1930), Marcel Koller (1960), Anton Allemann (1936), Oliver Neuville (1973), Thomas Bickel (1963), and Robert Ballaman (1926).

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