Midfielder Max Hofmeister was a member of the Austrian football team that won the silver medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The Austrians reached the final, in which they played Italy, who were the 1934 World Cup winners, but all their players were professionals and not allowed to play in Berlin.
As in 1928, the final score was 1-1 after 90 minutes. Italy scored quickly in extra-time, and the exhausted Austrians were unable to crack their opponent’s defence in the remaining minutes. Domestically, Hofmeister played with WSV Donawitz and from 1940 with Austria Salzburg. After World War II he moved to SK Hertha Wels and ATSV Sattledt as a player coach.
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