Albin Kitzinger (1 February 1912 in
Schweinfurt – 6 August 1970) was a
German football
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player. He played his whole career for
1. FC Schweinfurt 05
1. Fussball-Club Schweinfurt 1905, Verein für Leibesübungen e.V., called 1. FC Schweinfurt 05, Schweinfurt 05, or simply FC 05, is a German association football club established in Schweinfurt (Bavaria) in 1905. It has sections for netball, f ...
.
Career
On the national level he played for
Germany national team (44 matches/2 goals), and was a participant at the
1938 FIFA World Cup
The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, beat ...
. He was a member of the Breslau Eleven that beat Denmark 8–0 in Breslau in 1937 and went on to win 10 out of 11 games played during that year.
Kitzinger distinguished himself with assuredness on the ball and the calmness in which he distributed the ball. Together with
Andreas Kupfer and
Ludwig Goldbrunner
Ludwig Goldbrunner (5 March 1908 – 26 September 1981) was a German footballer. He began playing for his home club Bayern Munich in 1927, with whom he won the German championship in 1932.
Career
Goldbrunner played as a centre half 39 times for ...
he formed one of the best halves trios of the late-1930s. In 1937 he was called up to represent Western Europe in Amsterdam against Central Europe, and a year later he was selected to play in a
FIFA
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Europe XI against
England at
Highbury Stadium.
[Bitter, Jürgen. ''Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler'', Sportverlag, 1997, p. 235.] Altogether he starred in 826 games for his club Schweinfurt 05. He died at the age of 58 after a long and severe illness.
[Bitter, Jürgen. ''Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler'', Sportverlag, 1997, p. 236.]
Honours
Club
*
Gauliga Bayern
** Champion: (2)
1938–39,
1941–42
** ''Runner-up'': (2)
1936–37,
1942–43
*
Tschammerpokal
** ''Semi-finalist'':
1936
Events
January–February
* January 20 – George V of the United Kingdom and the British Dominions and Emperor of India, dies at his Sandringham Estate. The Prince of Wales succeeds to the throne of the United Kingdom as King E ...
Individual
*
Europe XI selection: 1938
Footnotes
References
Weltfussball
1912 births
1970 deaths
People from Schweinfurt
Sportspeople from Lower Franconia
German footballers
Germany international footballers
1938 FIFA World Cup players
1. FC Schweinfurt 05 players
Association football midfielders
Footballers from Bavaria
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