Albin Kitzinger (1 February 1912 in

Schweinfurt Schweinfurt ( , ; ) is a city in the district of Lower Franconia in Bavaria, Germany. It is the administrative centre of the surrounding district (''Landkreis'') of Schweinfurt and a major industrial, cultural and educational hub. The urban ag ...

– 6 August 1970) was a

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football player. He played his whole career for 1. FC Schweinfurt 05.

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, bea ...

. 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 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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against

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.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 The Gauliga Bayern was the highest association football league in the German state of Bavaria from 1933 to 1945. Shortly after the formation of the league, the Nazis reorganised the administrative regions in Germany, and the five ''Gaue'' ''Bayre ...

** Champion: (2) 1938–39, 1941–42 ** ''Runner-up'': (2) 1936–37, 1942–43 *

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** ''Semi-finalist'':

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Individual

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 {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1910s-stub