Wilhelm 'Willi' Hahnemann (14 April 1914 – 23 August 1991) was an

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n and German

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player who started his career at Admira Vienna.

Club career

In the 1935-36 Austrian league season he netted 23 goals for his club to become the league's top scorer. On 13 September 1943 Hahnemann played in a friendly for

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. Hahnemann scored 9 and

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scored 8 in a 20-1 victory against SK Uhonice.

International career

Hahnemann played 23 games from 1935 to 1948 for the

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and scored four goals in these appearances. After the

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that united Austria and Germany, Hahnemann played 23 matches for Germany's national team between 1938 and 1941, scoring 16 goals. He also appeared with the German squad that took part in the 1938 World Cup in

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. In a 1940 international match he managed the feat of a double hat-trick in a 13:0 victory over

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. The only player to score more goals for Germany in a single match was

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who scored 10 times against Russia at the 1912 Olympic games in Stockholm. He also played for Austria at the

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. After his playing career, he became a manager with SpVgg Greuther Fürth and in Switzerland.

Honours

*'' Austrian Football Championship (6):'' ** 1932, 1934, 1936, 1937, 1939, 1947 *'' Austrian Cup (3):'' ** 1932, 1934, 1947 *'' Austrian Bundesliga Top Goalscorer (1):'' ** 1936

References

External links

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Goldene Tage am Goldenen Horn
– Der Spiegel * {{DEFAULTSORT:Hahnemann, Wilhelm 1914 births 1991 deaths Footballers from Vienna Austrian men's footballers Austria men's international footballers German men's footballers Germany men's international footballers Dual internationalists (men's football) Admira Wacker players 1938 FIFA World Cup players Olympic footballers for Austria Footballers at the 1948 Summer Olympics Austrian football managers First Vienna FC managers SpVgg Greuther Fürth managers Grasshopper Club Zurich managers FC Lausanne-Sport managers FC Wacker Innsbruck managers FC Biel-Bienne managers Men's association football forwards 20th-century Austrian sportsmen 20th-century German sportsmen