Heinz Ditgens | |
Birth Date: | 3 July 1914 |
Birth Place: | Mönchengladbach, Germany |
Death Place: | Mönchengladbach, Germany |
Position: | Midfielder |
Years1: | 1930–1950 |
Clubs1: | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
Nationalyears1: | 1936–1938 |
Nationalteam1: | Germany |
Nationalcaps1: | 3 |
Nationalgoals1: | 0 |
Manageryears1: | 1950–1951 |
Managerclubs1: | Borussia Mönchengladbach |
Heinz Ditgens (3 July 1914 – 20 June 1998) was a German professional footballer who played club football for Borussia Mönchengladbach. He won three caps for the Germany national side between 1936 and 1938, participating at the 1936 Summer Olympics,[1] and became Borussia Mönchengladbach's first ever international player in the process. Ditgens also fought at Stalingrad in World War II.