Willy Hahnemann

Forward Willy Hahnemann was a member of the Austrian football team at the 1948 London Olympics. They lost their first-round match 3-0 to the eventual gold medallists Sweden. In total, he won 23 international caps and scored four goals for Austria. After the Nazi German “Anschluss”, Hahnemann was forced to represent Germany and participated in the 1938 World Championships. He played 23 international matches and scored 16 goals for Germany.

At club level, Hahnemann played with SR Donaufeld (until 1931), SK Admira Wien (Vienna) (1931-1947), and SC Wacker Wien (Vienna) (1947-52). He helped Admira win the Austrian Championship in 1932, 1934, 1936-37, and 1939, and the Austrian Cup in 1932 and 1934. With Wacker he won both titles in 1947.

Hahnemann turned to coaching and worked with 1. FC Wien (Vienna), SpVgg Fürth in Germany, and Grasshoppers Zürich in Switzerland, winning the Swiss Championship and the Swiss Cup in 1956. He later became one of the best senior tennis players in Austria and died during a tennis match in 1991.