Walter Henryk Brom (14 January 1921 – 18 June 1968) was a Polish

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

goalkeeper. Brom, who played for

Ruch Chorzów Ruch Chorzów () is a Polish association football club based in Chorzów, Upper Silesia. It is one of the most successful football teams in Poland: fourteen-time national champions, and three-time winners of the Polish Cup. Currently the team play ...

, was a reserve player of Polish team in

FIFA World Cup 1938 The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, bea ...

. He was (and to this day is) the youngest goalie who has ever been listed in any World Cup finals. In early June 1938, when the tournament took place, he was only 17 years and 4 months old. Brom did not play in the legendary Poland -

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5-6 match (5 June 1938,

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). He spent the whole game on the bench - Polish goal was guarded by

Edward Madejski Edward Dominik Jerzy Madejski (11 August 1914 – 15 February 1996) was a Polish football goalkeeper and chemistry engineer, who was a graduate of Mining-Metallurgic Academy in Kraków. For most of his career, Madejski was a goalie of Wisła ...

. He is one of the few players who continued his career after

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. What is more - only in 1948 did Brom debut in the

Polish national football team The Poland national football team ( pl, Reprezentacja Polski w piłce nożnej) has represented Poland in men's international tournaments football competitions since their first match in 1921. The team is controlled by the Polish Football Associ ...

. During World War II, Brom was forced to join the

Wehrmacht The ''Wehrmacht'' (, ) were the unified armed forces of Nazi Germany from 1935 to 1945. It consisted of the ''Heer'' (army), the ''Kriegsmarine'' (navy) and the ''Luftwaffe'' (air force). The designation "''Wehrmacht''" replaced the previous ...

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* 1921 births 1968 deaths Polish footballers Poland international footballers Ruch Chorzów players 1938 FIFA World Cup players Sportspeople from Chorzów German military personnel of World War II Association football goalkeepers {{Poland-footy-goalkeeper-stub

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