Walter Werginz
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1936 Berlin | Team Competition |
Walter Werginz (18 February 1913 – 21 March 1944) was an Austrian football (soccer) player who competed in the 1936 Summer Olympics. He was part of the Austrian team, which won the silver medal in the football tournament. He played all four matches as forward and scored two goals.[1]
He was killed in action during World War II, when serving under command of Nazi Germany on the Russian Front in the Ukraine in March 1944 aged 31.[2]
References[]
- ^ "Walter Werginz". Olympedia. Retrieved 22 September 2021.
- ^ "Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War". Sports Reference. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 24 July 2018.
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- 1913 births
- 1944 deaths
- Austrian footballers
- Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Olympic footballers of Austria
- Olympic silver medalists for Austria
- Austria international footballers
- Olympic medalists in football
- Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
- Association football forwards
- Austrian military personnel killed in World War II
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