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The football genius caught between two flags: The Ernest Wilimowski story

Alex Webber
 06.03.2026, 15:30
Wilimowski had the world at his feet, only to see WWII shatter his sporting dreams. Photo: NAC
Wilimowski had the world at his feet, only to see WWII shatter his sporting dreams. Photo: NAC

Ernest ‘Ezi’ Wilimowski was seen as too German by the Poles, and too Polish by the Germans.