Fritz Becker Explained

Fritz Becker
Fullname:Fritz Becker
Birth Date:13 September 1888
Birth Place:Frankfurt, Germany
Death Place:Frankfurt, West Germany
Position:Forward
Youthyears1:–1904
Youthclubs1:Germania 1894
Youthyears2:1904–1906
Youthclubs2:Frankfurter Kickers
Years1:1906–1911
Years2:1911–1920
Clubs2:Frankfurter FV
Years3:1920–1921
Clubs3:Eintracht Frankfurt
Totalcaps:+91
Totalgoals:+7
Nationalyears1:1908
Nationalteam1:Germany
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:2

Fritz Becker (13 September 1888 – 22 February 1963) was a German professional footballer who played as a forward.

Biography

He played for FC Germania 1894 Frankfurt before moving to FC Frankfurter Kickers (later to be known as Eintracht Frankfurt). He played for the Frankfurt club from 1904 to 1921.[1]

In 1907 he was selected to a Frankfurt city XI that would play Newcastle United, and Becker scored two goals against the reigning English champions. After his glowing performance, he was invited to a test match in order to form a Germany national team.

On 5 April 1908, Becker went down in history as one of the eleven footballers who played in the first game of the Germany national team in an friendly against Switzerland, in which he scored the first-ever goal in the team's history.[2] Despite scoring twice for his country, Becker ended up on the losing side with Germany going down 5-3.[3] This was the only match he ever played for Germany.

Becker acted several times as the club's sports director, most recently in 1946–47. In his professional life, he worked as a councilor in the city's administration.

Fritz Becker was honorary club member and honorary captain at Eintracht Frankfurt.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Eintracht Frankfurt history . 25 January 2007 . https://web.archive.org/web/20061202073913/http://www.eintracht.de/aktuelles/about_eintracht/ . 2 December 2006 . dead .
  2. Web site: Switzerland vs Germany, 5 April 1908 . eu-football.info . 13 July 2022.
  3. Web site: German national team record 1908 . German . 25 January 2007.