Wilhelm Piec, Date of Birth, Place of Birth, Date of Death

    

Wilhelm Piec

Polish footballer

Date of Birth: 02-Nov-1915

Place of Birth: Lipiny, Silesian Voivodeship, Poland

Date of Death: 04-Apr-1954

Profession: association football player

Nationality: Poland

Zodiac Sign: Scorpio


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About Wilhelm Piec

  • Wilhelm Piec (born Wilhelm Pietz November 2, 1915 in Schwientochlowitz (Swietochlowice), German Empire, died on April 4, 1954, also in Swietochlowice) - Polish soccer forward player. Wilhelm was one of the best players of interwar Poland.
  • Together with his older (and more famous) brother Ryszard Piec, they represented Naprzód Lipiny - a small team from a small hamlet of Lipiny, which never managed to qualify to the Polish Soccer League, but which played a significant role in interwar Polish soccer. Piec represented Poland in 4 games.
  • He went to the 1938 FIFA World Cup in France, but did not play in the legendary Poland - Brazil game which ended 5-6 (June 5, 1938, Strasbourg).
  • During the war, he continued playing in Naprzód, which was forced to change its name to TuS Lipine.
  • After the war, in 1946-47, he played in AKS Chorzów.

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