Erwin Waldner (24 January 1933 – 18 April 2015) was a German

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Club career

He was one of not that many West German players in the early 1960s who played his club football abroad. After spells at

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in Switzerland and

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in Italy he returned to his former club

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in 1963 with the introduction of the

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International career

Waldner won 13 caps between December 1954 and December 1958 for the West Germany national team.

Honours

;VfB Stuttgart *

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: 1953–54 and 1957–58

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Erwin Waldner
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