Georg Köhl Explained

Georg Köhl
Birth Date:19 November 1910
Birth Place:Nuremberg, Germany
Death Place:Kraków, Poland
Position:Goalkeeper
Clubs1:1. FC Nürnberg
Nationalyears1:1937
Nationalteam1:Germany
Nationalcaps1:1
Nationalgoals1:0

Georg Köhl (19 November 1910 – 15 January 1944) was a German footballer who played as a goalkeeper for 1. FC Nürnberg and the Germany national team.[1]

In 1939 he was drafted into the Wehrmacht to serve in the Second World War, seeing active service on the Eastern Front in Russia. He died in January 1944 in hospital in Kraków, Poland, from wounds received in action, having refused an amputation of his arm.[2] [3]

Notes and References

  1. Book: kicker Fußball-Almanach 2011: Mit aktuellem Bundesliga-Spieler-ABC. 17 December 2012. August 2010. Stiebner Verlag GmbH. 978-3-7679-0914-4. 115–.
  2. https://web.archive.org/web/20090724160031/http://www.glubberer.de/k/kohl__georg/kohl__georg.html
  3. https://books.google.com/books?id=rQfNyLM5svIC&dq=Georg+K%C3%B6hl+nurnberg&pg=PA97 this