Ottmar Walter

Ottmar Walter

Walter in 2005
Personal information
Full name	Ottmar Kurt Herrmann Walter
Date of birth	(1924-03-06)6 March 1924
Place of birth	Kaiserslautern, Germany
Date of death	16 June 2013(2013-06-16) (aged 89)
Place of death	Kaiserslautern, Germany
Height	1.77 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s)	Striker
Youth career
1933–1941	1. FC Kaiserslautern
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1941–1943	1. FC Kaiserslautern	20	(18)
1943	SV Cuxhaven
1943	Holstein Kiel	6	(3[1])
1946–1956	1. FC Kaiserslautern	275	(307)
Total		301	(328)
International career
1950–1955	West Germany	20	(10)
1956	West Germany B	1	(1)
Medal record Representing  West Germany FIFA World Cup Winner 1954 Switzerland
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Ottmar Kurt Herrmann Walter (6 March 1924 – 16 June 2013) was a German footballer who played as a striker.

He played together with his brother, Fritz Walter, at the club 1. FC Kaiserslautern.^[2] They also played together for the Germany national football team in the 1954 FIFA World Cup. Walter scored four goals in the tournament as West Germany won their first ever World Cup title. In total, Walter earned 20 caps and scored 10 goals for Germany.^[3] For his club 1. FC Kaiserslautern he scored an unequaled 336 goals in 321 league and cup matches. Walter debuted in the first team at the age of 18 in 1942 as an outside left in a 7–1 rout of SV Waldhof Mannheim.

During World War II, Walter was drafted into the Kriegsmarine and suffered heavy injuries in his right knee. After several operations, he was forced to end his career in 1958.