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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.
On 6 September 1914, author Arthur Conan Doyle made a direct appeal for footballers to volunteer for service. [10] Many players heeded the calls, and a special Football Battalion was formed, as part of the Middlesex Regiment. [11] The battalion was led by Frank Buckley, who later estimated that over 500 of the battalion's original 600 men had ...
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.
The following 8 pages are in this category, out of 8 total. ... List of Victorian Football League players who died on active service This page was last ...
This is a non-diffusing subcategory of Category:German footballers. It includes German footballers that can also be found in the parent category, or in diffusing subcategories of the parent. This category is for footballers who have appeared for the senior Germany national football team (but not players who have only been capped at Under-21 or ...
German domestic competitions organised by the DFB, and the DFL; 1ª: Bundesliga, [2] former German football championship (1902–1963) CUP: DFB-Pokal [2] LCUP: DFL-Ligapokal [2] (Defunct) SCUP: DFL-Supercup, [2] former DFB-Supercup European continental competitions organised by UEFA; UCL: UEFA Champions League, [3] former European Champion ...
Julius Hirsch (7 April 1892 – declared dead 8 May 1945) was a Jewish German Olympian international footballer who was murdered at Auschwitz concentration camp during the Holocaust. [2] [3] He helped the Karlsruher FV win the 1910 German football championship, and also played for the Germany national football team, including at the 1912 Summer ...
Gerhard "Gerd" Müller (German pronunciation: [ˈɡɛʁt ˈmʏlɐ]; 3 November 1945 – 15 August 2021) [2] was a German professional footballer.A prolific striker, especially in and around the six-yard box, he is widely regarded as one of the greatest goalscorers and players in the history of the sport. [3]