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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)
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1904 Germania 1894
1904–1921 Frankfurter Kickers / Frankfurter FV / Eintracht Frankfurt
International career
1908 Germany 1 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

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]

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]

References

  1. ^ "Eintracht Frankfurt history". Archived from the original on 2 December 2006. Retrieved 25 January 2007. {{cite web}}: Unknown parameter |deadurl= ignored (|url-status= suggested) (help)
  2. ^ "German national team record 1908" (in German). Retrieved 25 January 2007.