Fritz Becker

Fritz Becker (13 September 1888 – 22 February 1963) was a German professional footballer.

This article is about the German football player. For the German World War II general, see Fritz Becker (general).
Fritz Becker
Personal information
Full name Fritz Becker
Date of birth (1888-09-13)13 September 1888
Place of birth Frankfurt, Germany
Date of death 22 February 1963(1963-02-22) (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

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

References
  1. "Eintracht Frankfurt history". Archived from the original on 2 December 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2007.
  2. "German national team record 1908" (in German). Retrieved 25 January 2007.

Sources
  • Matheja, Ulrich (2011). Unsere Eintracht - Eintracht Frankfurt - Die Chronik. Die Werkstatt. ISBN 978-3-89533-750-5.
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