Fritz Förderer Explained

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]

Biography

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.

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Fritz Förderer . Olympedia . 26 May 2021.
  2. https://books.google.com/books?id=9_7lDAAAQBAJ&dq=Julius+Hirsch+%22jewish%22&pg=PR20 Soccer Under the Swastika; Stories of Survival and Resistance During the Holocaust