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Fritz Walter
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Friedrich Walter was a German association football player and coach born in Kaiserslautern on October 31, 1920. He played as a forward and centre-forward for clubs including 1. FC Kaiserslautern and TBVfL Neustadt-Wildenheid, as well as for the Germany men's national association football team. His professional career spanned from 1937 to 1959. He also participated in World War II.
Walter represented Germany in the 1954 and 1958 FIFA World Cups. He was the sibling of Ottmar Walter. He died in Enkenbach-Alsenborn on June 17, 2002. His awards include the FIFA Order of Merit, the Silbernes Lorbeerblatt, the Order of Merit of Rhineland-Palatinate, and induction into Germany's Sports Hall of Fame. He spoke German.
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Sports profile
- Sport
- Soccer
- Position
- Centre-Forward
- Nationality
- Germany
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Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- human
- Given name
- Friedrich
- Gender
- male
- Citizenship
- Germany
- Place of birth
- Kaiserslautern
- Place of death
- Enkenbach-Alsenborn
- Sibling
- Ottmar Walter
- Occupation
- association football coach
- Languages spoken
- German
- Participant in
- 1954 FIFA World Cup
- Sport
- association football
- Member of team
- Germany men's national association football team
- Position played
- forward
- Country for sport
- Germany
- Conflict
- World War II
- Image
- Fritz Walter Trainingslager der Deutschen Fußballnationalmannschaft in der Sportschule Malente (cropped).jpg
- Height
- 175
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- Commons category
- Fritz Walter
- date of birth
- 1920-10-31
- date of death
- 2002-06-17
- end of work period
- 1959-00-00
- start of work period
- 1937-00-00
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Friedrich "Fritz" Walter ( German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç fʁɪts ˈvaltɐ] ; 31 October 1920 – 17 June 2002) was a German footballer who spent his entire senior career at 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He usually played as an attacking midfielder or inside forward. In his time with the Germany and West Germany national teams, he appeared in 61 games and scored 33 goals, and was the captain of the team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup. After his career, he was named honorary captain of the Germany national team.
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