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Fritz Walter
GermanyHistoric player / club legend
Fritz Walter is the central historic figure of 1. FC Kaiserslautern and the captain of West Germany’s 1954 World Cup-winning side.
At a glance
Career snapshot
- Nationality
- Germany
- Position
- Historic player / club legend
Biography
The full story
Walter led the famous Kaiserslautern team that won German championships in 1951 and 1953. His bond with the club became so strong that the Betzenberg stadium has carried his name since 1985.
Database coverage
What Footballopedia currently links
These figures describe the current Footballopedia graph coverage, not the player's complete real-world career totals.
- World Cup editions
- 2
- Observed starts
- 11
- Captain starts
- 6
- Linked goals
- 0
- Card mentions
- 0
- Linked matches
- 11
World Cup 1954 west germany vs turkey 1954 06 17World Cup 1954 hungary vs west germany 1954 06 20World Cup 1954 west germany vs turkey 1954 06 23World Cup 1954 west germany vs yugoslavia 1954 06 27World Cup 1954 west germany vs austria 1954 06 30World Cup 1954 west germany vs hungary 1954 07 04World Cup 1958 west germany vs argentina 1958 06 08World Cup 1958 west germany vs czechoslovakia 1958 06 11