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Fritz Walter
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Fritz Walter

1920 – 2002 · aged 82

German association football player (1920–2002)

Born
31 Oct 1920 · Kaiserslautern
Died
17 Jun 2002 · Enkenbach-Alsenborn

Life timeline

Their life from birth to death. On the timeline, world events of the time are shown faintly.

Showing 94 years
  1. 31 Oct 1920BornBorn in Kaiserslautern
  2. 1939 – 1945WarWorld War II
  3. 1939 – 1959Team1. FC Kaiserslautern
  4. 1940 – 1958TeamGermany men's national association football team
  5. 1943TeamThionville F.C.
  6. 1951AwardSilbernes Lorbeerblatt
  7. 1954Took part1954 FIFA World Cup
  8. 1954AwardSilbernes Lorbeerblatt
  9. 1958Took part1958 FIFA World Cup
  10. 1970AwardCommander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  11. 1975AwardKnight Commander's Cross of the Order of Merit of the Federal Republic of Germany
  12. 1985AwardHonorary citizen of Kaiserslautern
  13. 1994AwardFIFA Order of Merit
  14. 1997AwardGeorg von Opel Award
  15. 2000AwardHonorary citizen of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate
  16. 17 Jun 2002DiedDied in Enkenbach-Alsenborn

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Meanwhile in the world

Major world events during their lifetime (1920 – 2002).

  1. 1920Treaty of Versailles
  2. 1933 – 1945The Holocaust
  3. 19341934 FIFA World Cup
  4. 19361936 Summer Olympics
  5. 1937 – 1945Second Sino-Japanese War
  6. 19381938 FIFA World Cup
  7. 1938Munich Agreement
  8. 1939 – 1940Winter War
  9. 1940 – 1945Auschwitz concentration camp
  10. 1941Attack on Pearl Harbor
  11. 1941 – 1945Eastern Front
  12. 1941Operation Barbarossa
  13. 1942 – 1943Battle of Stalingrad
  14. 1945Atomic bombings of Hiroshima and Nagasaki
  15. 1945 – 1946Nuremberg trials
  16. 19501950 FIFA World Cup
  17. 1950 – 1953Korean War
  18. 1953 – 1959Cuban Revolution
  19. 1955 – 1975Vietnam War
  20. 1956Hungarian Revolution of 1956
  21. 1956Suez Crisis
  22. 1959Antarctic Treaty System
  23. 19621962 FIFA World Cup
  24. 1962Cuban Missile Crisis
  25. 19661966 FIFA World Cup
  26. 1966 – 1976Cultural Revolution
  27. 1968Prague Spring
  28. 1969Apollo 11 Moon landing
  29. 19721972 Summer Olympics
  30. 19741974 FIFA World Cup
  31. 19781978 FIFA World Cup
  32. 1978 – 1979Iranian Revolution
  33. 1979 – 1989Soviet–Afghan War
  34. 1980 – 1988Iran–Iraq War
  35. 19841984 Summer Olympics
  36. 1985Schengen Agreement
  37. 19891989 Tiananmen Square protests and massacre
  38. 1989Fall of the Berlin Wall
  39. 19901990 FIFA World Cup
  40. 1991Dissolution of the Soviet Union

Biography

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. After his career, he was named honorary captain of the Germany national team. Walter held the record for the most assists provided in FIFA World Cup tournaments, recording either nine or ten assists. His record was eventually surpassed by Lionel Messi in 2026.

Text from the Wikipedia article Fritz Walter, CC BY-SA 4.0

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