Fred Lutkefedder (April 15, 1910 – April 28, 1986) was an American

soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a rectangular field called a pitch. The objective of the game is ...

player who was a member of the U.S. soccer team at the

1936 Summer Olympics The 1936 Summer Olympics (German: ''Olympische Sommerspiele 1936''), officially known as the Games of the XI Olympiad (German: ''Spiele der XI. Olympiade'') and commonly known as Berlin 1936 or the Nazi Olympics, were an international multi-sp ...

. In 1933, Lutkefedder signed with the

Philadelphia German-Americans Philadelphia German-American was an American soccer club based in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania that was an inaugural member of the professional American Soccer League. Before the 1941/42 season the club became known as the Philadelphia Americans. ...

of the American Soccer League. The German-Americans won the

1936 National Challenge Cup The 1936 National Challenge Cup was the annual open cup held by the United States Football Association now known as the Lamar Hunt U.S. Open Cup. This edition featured the fifth of six consecutive final appearances for Alex McNab's team. The Sha ...

in two games with Lutkefedder coming on as a substitute in the second game. In 1936, he was selected to play for the U.S. soccer team at the

. In 1937, he moved to the New York Americans.SOCCER AMERICANS SCORE; Vanquish Brooklyn Hispanos by 4-0--Lutkefedder Is Hurt
/ref> At some point, he moved to the

Philadelphia Passon Philadelphia Nationals was the name of two American soccer Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a team sport played between two teams of 11 players who primarily use their feet to propel the ball around a recta ...

, returning to the German-Americans the 1943–1944 season. That year the German-Americans won the title. Lutkefedder retired at the end of the season.

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* 1910 births 1986 deaths American people of German descent American men's soccer players Olympic soccer players for the United States Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics American Soccer League (1933–1983) players Uhrik Truckers players Philadelphia Nationals players New York Americans (soccer) (1933–1956) players Men's association football forwards United States men's international soccer players {{US-footy-forward-stub