Fritz Förderer | |
Birth Date: | 5 January 1888 |
Birth Place: | Karlsruhe, Germany |
Death Place: | Weimar, Germany |
Position: | Defender |
Clubs1: | Karlsruher FV |
Nationalyears1: | 1912 |
Nationalteam1: | Germany |
Nationalcaps1: | 2 |
Nationalgoals1: | 5 |
Friedrich "Fritz" Förderer (5 January 1888 – 20 December 1952) was a German amateur footballer who played as a defender and competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics. He was born in Karlsruhe and died in Weimar.[1]
Förderer was a member of the German Olympic squad and played two matches in the consolation tournament and scored five goals. He played for Karlsruher FV, where together with Julius Hirsch and Gottfried Fuchs he formed an attacking trio.[2]
He joined the Nazi party in 1942 and would go on to coach various football teams, including one composed of members of the Third SS Death-Head unit that ran the Buchenwald concentration camp.