Personal information | |||
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Full name |
Gottfried Erik Fuchs; later Godfrey Fuchs | ||
Date of birth | 3 May 1889 | ||
Place of birth | Karlsruhe, Germany[1] | ||
Date of death | 25 February 1972 | (aged 82)||
Place of death | Westmount, Quebec, Canada[1] | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
1904–1906 | Düsseldorfer SC 1899 | ||
1906–1914 | Karlsruher FV[1] | ||
1914–1920 | Düsseldorfer SC 1899 | ||
International career | |||
1907–1913 | Germany | 6 | (13) |
*Club domestic league appearances and goals |
Gottfried Erik Fuchs (3 May 1889 – 25 February 1972), also known as Godfrey Fuchs,[2] was a German Olympic footballer. He scored a then-world record 10 goals for the Germany national football team in a 16–0 win against Russia at the 1912 Olympics. He left Germany to escape the Holocaust, as he was Jewish, and ultimately emigrated to Canada.[3]