Walter Günther Explained

Walter Günther
Birth Date:18 November 1915
Death Date:March 1989 (aged 73)
Position:Forward
Clubs1:TuS Duisburg 48/99
Nationalyears1:1935–1937
Nationalteam1:Germany
Nationalcaps1:4
Nationalgoals1:2

Walter Günther (18 November 1915 – March 1989) was a German international footballer.[1]

He first played for the Duisburger TSV 1899 (1932-1938), then after a merger for the TuS Duisburg 48/99 (1938-1948) and finally for the Duisburger SpV (1948-1949). From 1933 to 1945 he kicked mainly in the Gauliga Niederrhein (Lower Rhine), one of 16 top-flight divisions formed in the 1933 re-organization of German football under the Third Reich. Willy Busch, Hans Biallas, Friedel Holz and Toni Turek, the 1954 world champion, were among his teammates.[2]

In 1937 he won the Reichsbundpokal with the Niederrhein, in 1944 he was awarded Gaumeister Niederrhein with the Kriegsspielgemeinschaft (War Games Community) TuS 48/99 and the Duisburg SpV.

Further reading

Notes and References

  1. Book: Kicker Fußball-Almanach 2011: Mit aktuellem Bundesliga-Spieler-ABC. 3 December 2012. August 2010. Stiebner Verlag GmbH. 978-3-7679-0914-4. 115–.
  2. Werner Raupp: Toni Turek, 2018 (Further Reading), p. 30-35.