Walter Werginz Explained

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]

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Walter Werginz . Olympedia . 22 September 2021.
  2. Olympians Who Were Killed or Missing in Action or Died as a Result of War . https://web.archive.org/web/20200417055433/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/friv/lists.cgi?id=65 . dead . 17 April 2020 . 24 July 2018.