Alois Eisenträger Explained

Alois Eisenträger
Fullname:Alois Bernhard Eisenträger
Position:Inside forward
Birth Date:16 July 1927
Birth Place:Hamburg, Germany
Death Place:North Somerset, England
Youthclubs1:Hamburger SV
Years1:1948
Clubs1:Herne Bay
Years2:1948–1949
Clubs2:Trowbridge Town
Years3:1949–1958
Clubs3:Bristol City
Caps3:228
Goals3:57
Years4:1958–1959
Clubs4:Merthyr Tydfil
Clubs5:Chelmsford City

Alois Bernhard "Alec" Eisenträger (16 July 1927 – 10 August 2017)[1] was a German footballer who played as an inside forward.[2]

Career

Eisenträger was made a POW aged 16 after being captured on a Dutch airfield and spent the rest of the war at a POW camp near Trowbridge, England. He started playing for Trowbridge Town and then in 1949 moved to Bristol City, scoring four goals against Newport County in September of that year. Thus, he was part of a professional British football team even before the famous Bert Trautmann moved to Manchester City. He gained promotion with the Robins to the Second Division in 1955. Until he left for Merthyr Tydfil in 1958 he had appeared in 246 games for Bristol City, netting 57 times.[3] In 1959, Eisenträger signed for Chelmsford City, making his debut in a 2–2 home draw against Worcester City on 22 August 1959, becoming the joint 250th player to represent the club.[4]

Personal life

He married a woman from Wales in the early 1950s and had four children.[5]

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Web site: Alec Eisentrager 1927–2017. 11 August 2017. bcfc.co.uk. 12 June 2024.
  2. http://www.neilbrown.newcastlefans.com/bristolcity/bristolcity.html Football League career stats at Neil Brown – Bristol City players
  3. Web site: Bristol City career summary . 17 June 2009 . https://web.archive.org/web/20071110071646/http://www.citystats.org.uk/playerdetail.asp?id=230&filter=E . 10 November 2007 . dead . dmy-all .
  4. Web site: Blog Number 7. The Chelmsford City Historian. 11 July 2010. 5 January 2019.
  5. Streppelhoff, R. (2009). Zwei Deutsche in England: Die Fußballkarrieren von Bernd Trautmann und Alois Eisenträger. SportZeiten. Sport in Geschichte, Kultur und Gesellschaft, p. 44.