Luis Weihmuller

Luis Weihmüller
Personal information
Full name	Luis Francisco Weihmüller
Date of birth	August 2, 1902
Place of birth	Villa María, Córdoba, Argentina
Date of death	1963
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team
1923-1925	Belgrano de Córdoba
1925	River Plate
1926-1930	Sportivo Palermo
International career
1928–1930	Argentina
Medal record
Representing Argentina
Football
Olympic Games
FIFA World Cup
	*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Luis Weihmüller (1902–1963) was an Argentine footballer.

Early life

Weihmüller was born and lived his first years in San Carlos Centro, Argentina. He was born in 1902 (according to his family on the 5 August). He was the son of Swiss immigrants. As a child everyone called him "Sity".

The 1928 Olympics

Prior to the 1928 Olympics, Luis F. Weihmüller was summoned to join the Argentinian squad that had a number of players who would star two years later in the 1930 World Cup played in Uruguay. The strange thing was that, in those years, managers were not allowed in the rules to replace a player with another. Anyway, as a member of that squad, Weihmüller won a silver medal. In the Argentine squad, there were five other players from Sportivo Palermo, which was Weihmüller's current team: Paternoster, Zumelzu, Bidoglio, Herman, and Evaristo.