Willi Bars (13 February 1916 – January 2000) was a former German

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

. He helped

1. FC Köln 1. Fußball-Club Köln 01/07 e. V., commonly known as simply FC Köln () or FC Cologne in English, is a German professional football club based in Cologne in North Rhine-Westphalia. It was formed in 1948 as a merger of the clubs ''Kölner Ballspi ...

reach the top division a year after their foundation in the western second division. He also helped steer Köln to their first championship final in 1953. 1953 was also the final year in which he would play football professionally.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Bars, Willi 1916 births 2000 deaths German men's footballers 1. FC Köln players Men's association football forwards