Midfielder Karl Wahlmüller was a member of the Austrian football team that won the silver medal at the 1936 Berlin Olympics. The Austrians reached the final, where they played the 1934 World Cup winners Italy but, as all their players were professionals, they were 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, Wahlmüller played with ASK Red Star Linz (until 1931), SV Urfahr Linz (1931-38) and after the Nazi German “Anschluss” of Austria with LSV Adlerhorst Wels (1943-44). He was killed in action during World War II in 1944 at Toila, Estonia.
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