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Fritz Walter

1920 - 2002

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Friedrich "Fritz" Walter (German: [ˈfʁiːdʁɪç fʁɪts ˈvaltɐ] ; 31 October 1920 – 17 June 2002) was a German footballer who spent his entire senior career at 1. FC Kaiserslautern. He usually played as an attacking midfielder or inside forward. In his time with the Germany and West Germany national teams, he appeared in 61 games and scored 33 goals, and was the captain of the team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup. Read more on Wikipedia

His biography is available in different languages on Wikipedia. Fritz Walter is the 75th most popular soccer player (up from 93rd in 2019), the 579th most popular biography from Germany (up from 598th in 2019) and the 7th most popular German Soccer Player.

Fritz Walter is most famous for being the captain of the West German team that won the 1954 World Cup.

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS

Among soccer players, Fritz Walter ranks 75 out of 21,273. Before him are Béla Guttmann, Gianni Rivera, Billy Wright, Nílton Santos, Giacinto Facchetti, and Arthur Friedenreich. After him are Franco Baresi, George Weah, Rivaldo, Gianluigi Buffon, José Leandro Andrade, and Gabriel Batistuta.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1920, Fritz Walter ranks 32. Before him are Éric Rohmer, George Porter, Carlo Azeglio Ciampi, Boris Vian, Captain Tom, and Montgomery Clift. After him are Frank Sheeran, Edmond H. Fischer, Helmut Newton, Zecharia Sitchin, Sun Myung Moon, and Clarice Lispector. Among people deceased in 2002, Fritz Walter ranks 22. Before him are George Porter, Vavá, Chuck Jones, Camilo José Cela, James Coburn, and B. D. Jatti. After him are Ivan Illich, Rod Steiger, Linda Lovelace, Alexander Prokhorov, Max Perutz, and Victor Weisskopf.

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In Germany

Among people born in Germany, Fritz Walter ranks 579 out of 7,253. Before him are Willi Stoph (1914), Max Delbrück (1906), Patrick Süskind (1949), Hans Eysenck (1916), Johann Friedrich Struensee (1737), and Johann Rudolf Glauber (1604). After him are Constanze Mozart (1762), Werner von Fritsch (1880), Cunigunde of Luxembourg (978), Sophia Charlotte of Hanover (1668), Caroline Augusta of Bavaria (1792), and Jakob Fugger (1459).

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Among SOCCER PLAYERS In Germany

Among soccer players born in Germany, Fritz Walter ranks 7. Before him are Franz Beckenbauer (1945), Gerd Müller (1945), Karl-Heinz Rummenigge (1955), Lothar Matthäus (1961), Oliver Kahn (1969), and Uwe Seeler (1936). After him are Paul Breitner (1951), Rudi Völler (1960), Jürgen Klinsmann (1964), Berti Vogts (1946), Andreas Brehme (1960), and Helmut Schön (1915).

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