Fritz Walter

Fritz Walter

Walter with Kaiserslautern in 1956
Personal information
Full name	Friedrich Walter
Date of birth	(1920-10-31)31 October 1920
Place of birth	Kaiserslautern, Germany
Date of death	17 June 2002(2002-06-17) (aged 81)
Place of death	Enkenbach-Alsenborn, Germany
Height	1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Position(s)	Attacking midfielder, inside forward
Youth career
1928–1937	1. FC Kaiserslautern[a]
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1937–1959	1. FC Kaiserslautern	411	(372)
1943	TSG Diedenhofen	29	(18)
1943	TSG Saargemünd	12	(1)
Total		469	(391)
International career
1940–1958	Germany / West Germany	61	(33)
Managerial career
1945–1949	1. FC Kaiserslautern (player-coach)
1960	VfL Neustadt/Coburg
1962–1968	SV Alsenborn
Medal record Representing  West Germany FIFA World Cup Winner 1954 Switzerland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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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