Fritz Becker
Personal information | |||
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Full name | Fritz Becker | ||
Date of birth | 13 September 1888 | ||
Place of birth | Frankfurt, Germany | ||
Date of death | 22 February 1963 | (aged 74)||
Place of death | Frankfurt, West Germany | ||
Position(s) | Forward | ||
Senior career* | |||
Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
–1904 | Germania 1894 | ||
1904–1921 | Frankfurter Kickers / Frankfurter FV / Eintracht Frankfurt | 91+ | (7+) |
National team | |||
1908 | Germany | 1 | (2) |
* Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only |
Fritz Becker (13 September 1888 – 22 February 1963) was a German professional footballer.
He played for FC Germania 1894 Frankfurt before moving to FC Frankfurter Kickers (later to be known as Eintracht Frankfurt). He played for the Frankfurt club from 1904 to 1921.[1]
In 1907 he was selected to a Frankfurt city XI that would play Newcastle United in that Becker scored two goals against the reigning English champions. After his glowing performance he was invited to a test matches in order to form a German national team.
Becker represented Germany in their first international match against Switzerland, a friendly played on 5 April 1908 in which he scored the first ever goal for Germany. Despite scoring twice for his country, Becker ended up on the losing side with Germany going down 5-3.[2]
Becker acted several time as the club's sports director, most recently in 1946–47. In his professional life he worked as a councillor in the city administration.
Fritz Becker was honorary club member and honorary captain at Eintracht Frankfurt.
Honours[]
- Nordkreis-Liga
- Champion: 1911–12+, 1912–13+, 1913–14+
- Southern German Championship
- Runner-up: 1912–13+, 1913–14+
- + As Frankfurter FV
- Kreisliga Nordmain
- Champion: 1919–20+, 1920–21
References[]
- ^ "Eintracht Frankfurt history". Archived from the original on 2 December 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2007.
- ^ "German national team record 1908" (in German). Retrieved 25 January 2007.
Sources[]
- Matheja, Ulrich (2011). Unsere Eintracht - Eintracht Frankfurt - Die Chronik. . ISBN 978-3-89533-750-5.
- 1888 births
- 1963 deaths
- Footballers from Frankfurt
- German footballers
- Germany international footballers
- VfL Germania 1894 players
- Eintracht Frankfurt players
- Association football forwards
- German football forward stubs