Friedrich Hermann "Fritz" Buchloh (26 November 1909 – 22 July 1998) was a German football manager and footballer who played as a

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. He was born in

Mülheim an der Ruhr Mülheim, officially Mülheim an der Ruhr (, ; ; ) and also described as ''"City on the River"'', is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia in western Germany. It is located in the Ruhr Area between Duisburg, Essen, Oberhausen and Ratingen. It is home ...

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. Buchloh was the last surviving member of Germany's 1934 World Cup squad.

Club career

In the domestic league he played for VfB Speldorf.

International career

He was a participant in the two World Cups, in

1934 Events January–February * January 1 – The International Telecommunication Union, a specialist agency of the League of Nations, is established. * January 15 – The 8.0 1934 Nepal–Bihar earthquake, Nepal–Bihar earthquake strik ...

and

1938 Events January * January 1 – state-owned enterprise, State-owned railway networks are created by merger, in France (SNCF) and the Netherlands (Nederlandse Spoorwegen – NS). * January 20 – King Farouk of Egypt marries Saf ...

but didn't play a single minute in both tournaments. Buchloh won 17 caps for Germany. He was also part of Germany's squad at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XI Olympiad () and officially branded as Berlin 1936, were an international multi-sport event held from 1 to 16 August 1936 in Berlin, then capital of Nazi Germany. Berlin won the bid to ...

Coaching career

In the year 1949 he managed the

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* * 1909 births 1998 deaths German men's footballers Men's association football goalkeepers Hertha BSC players Germany men's international footballers 1934 FIFA World Cup players 1938 FIFA World Cup players Olympic footballers for Germany Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics German football managers Expatriate football managers in Iceland Iceland national football team managers Schwarz-Weiß Essen managers Footballers from Mülheim Sportspeople from the Rhine Province Knattspyrnufélagið Víkingur managers 20th-century German sportsmen {{Germany-footy-goalkeeper-stub