SOCCER PLAYER

Franz John

1872 - 1952

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Franz Adolf Louis John (born 28 September 1872 in Pritzwalk, died 17 November 1952 in Berlin) was a German football player. He was a founder of Bayern Munich, and acted as their first president from 1900 to 1903. He was born on 28 September 1872 in Pritzwalk (Brandenburg), the son of Friedrich Wilhelm and Ida John. After moving with his parents to Pankow at the fringe of Berlin, he later joined the football club VfB Pankow. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Franz John is the 1,610th most popular soccer player (down from 1,486th in 2019), the 3,596th most popular biography from Germany (down from 3,508th in 2019) and the 111th most popular German Soccer Player.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Franz John ranks 1,610 out of 21,273. Before him are Shinobu Ikeda, Andrés Mazali, Bertil Nordahl, Nobuyo Fujishiro, Armando Picchi, and Rodrygo. After him are Pietro Arcari, Marián Masný, Louis Van Hege, Pedro Arico Suárez, Ronnie Clayton, and Léon Semmeling.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1872, Franz John ranks 114. Before him are Karin Michaëlis, Georges Urbain, Kristine Bonnevie, Tōson Shimazaki, Déodat de Séverac, and Kazimierz Bein. After him are Rudolf Schlechter, Albert Tyler, Charles Gmelin, Robert Maillart, Richard Röstel, and Selma Rıza. Among people deceased in 1952, Franz John ranks 97. Before him are Matrona Nikonova, Petros Persakis, Mariano Azuela, D. S. Senanayake, Mauno Pekkala, and Gino Fano. After him are Karel Lamač, Alberto Hurtado, Filippos Karvelas, László Berti, Arturo Rawson, and Alberto Savinio.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Franz John ranks 3,598 out of 7,253. Before him are Max Noether (1921), Ida Straus (1849), Theodoric of Freiberg (1250), Berthold Schenk Graf von Stauffenberg (1905), Karl Blossfeldt (1865), and Prince Adalbert of Prussia (1811). After him are Carl Humann (1839), Rudolf Schlechter (1872), Georg Heinrich von Görtz (1668), Henriette Sontag (1806), Carl Gustav Witt (1866), and Adolf Bernhard Meyer (1840).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Franz John ranks 111. Before him are Hans-Jörg Butt (1974), Klaus Toppmöller (1951), Franz Roth (1946), Fritz Szepan (1907), Dieter Hoeneß (1953), and Hans-Jürgen Kreische (1947). After him are Heinz Kwiatkowski (1926), Kevin-Prince Boateng (1987), Robert Kovač (1974), Thorsten Fink (1967), Karl Hohmann (1908), and Bernhard Klodt (1926).

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