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Football team of prisoners of war from Germany who worked on Kurbatovs furniture factory in Tsivilsk, Russian Empire. When World War I was declared in 1914, it had a negative effect on association football; in some countries competitions were suspended and players signed up to fight, resulting in the deaths of many players.
This is a list of association footballers who died due to football-related incidents.. The primary causes of on-field deaths have evolved over time. Improvements in infection control and emergency surgery since the early days of organised soccer have mostly eliminated the fatal complications that were once common after routine sporting injuries.
War and the political situation of Germany in the 20th century had an impact on the country's borders, as well as the make-up of the German football team. Germany played 30 internationals until the outbreak of the World War I, with the last match occurring on 5 April 1914 against the Netherlands. During the war, no internationals were played.
A first lieutenant in the German army, he died serving on the Eastern Front in Semenivka, Ukraine, on 19 June 1942 aged 33. [79] Willi Wigold - German international footballer (1932-34). Played for Fortuna Dusseldorf, in the team which won the 1933 German football championship. A corporal in the Germany army, he died serving on the Eastern ...
This is a list of victims of Nazism who were noted for their achievements. Many on the lists below were of Jewish and Polish origin, although Soviet POWs , Jehovah's Witnesses , Serbs , Catholics , Roma and dissidents were also murdered.
[6] [7] [8] He helped Karlsruher FV win the 1910 German football championship. [6] After joining SpVgg Fürth in 1913, he won the 1914 German football championship with them the following year. [6] [9] Hirsch was the first Jewish player to represent the Germany national team, which he joined at 18 years of age in 1911.
Bernhard Carl "Bert" Trautmann (22 October 1923 – 19 July 2013) was a German professional footballer who played as a goalkeeper.. Born in Bremen in 1923, he joined the Jungvolk, the junior section of the Hitler Youth in August 1933.
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