Ernst Künz (23 February 1912 – 21 August 1944) was an
Austrian
football (soccer) player who competed in the
1936 Summer Olympics
The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...
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He was part of the Austrian team, which won the silver medal in the football tournament. He played all four matches as defender. He died in World War II when killed in action, aged 32, in
Lithuania
Lithuania (; lt, Lietuva ), officially the Republic of Lithuania ( lt, Lietuvos Respublika, links=no ), is a country in the Baltic region of Europe. It is one of three Baltic states and lies on the eastern shore of the Baltic Sea. Lithuania ...
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References
External links
Ernst Künz at databaseOlympics.com
1912 births
1944 deaths
Austrian men's footballers
Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Olympic footballers for Austria
Olympic silver medalists for Austria
Austria men's international footballers
Olympic medalists in football
Medalists at the 1936 Summer Olympics
Men's association football defenders
Austrian military personnel killed in World War II
German Army personnel of World War II
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