Anton Rittel, also known as Rittel (I) (date of birth unknown) was a
Swiss
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footballer
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who played for
FC Basel
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as
defender or as
midfielder
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.
Rittel joined Basel's first team for their
1912–13 FC Basel season
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under player-coach and captain
Ernst Kaltenbach
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Club career
Kaltenbach started his playing career with Basel in 1909 and played for the first team until 1927. During this time the ...
. Rittel played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game on 17 November 1912 as Basel were defeated 1–2 against
FC Bern
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In 1921, the club won the Och Cup (that was ...
.
Between the years 1912 and 1919 Rittel played a total of 33 games for Basel without scoring a goal. 15 of these games were in the
Nationalliga A and 18 were friendly games.
References
Sources
* Rotblau: Jahrbuch Saison 2017/2018. Publisher: FC Basel Marketing AG.
* Die ersten 125 Jahre. Publisher: Josef Zindel im Friedrich Reinhardt Verlag, Basel.
Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv" Homepage''(NB: Despite all efforts, the editors of these books and the authors in "Basler Fussballarchiv" have failed to be able to identify all the players, their date and place of birth or date and place of death, who played in the games during the early years of FC Basel)''
FC Basel players
Swiss men's footballers
Men's association football defenders
Swiss Super League players
Year of death unknown
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