Fritz Balogh (16 December 1920 – 14 January 1951) was a German
footballer
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who played as a
forward. His first club was ''DSK Preßburg'' (Bratislava). In 1941, he joined
Hertha BSC as a wartime guest player.
After the
Second World War
World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposi ...
, Balogh played for
VfL Neckarau
VfL Neckarau is a German association football club from the district of Neckarau in the city of Mannheim, Baden-Württemberg.
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History
Foundation and early years
The current day club came out of a long string of mergers of predecessor ...
. On 22 November 1950 he participated in his first and only international in the
Germany national team, a 1–0 victory against
Switzerland. This became the only national-level appearance from a player playing for VfL Neckarau.
Balogh fell from a train when returning from a match against
Bayern Munich on 14 January 1951. He succumbed to his injuries a day later.
Selected filmography
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Das große Spiel
''The Big Game'' (german: Das große Spiel) is a 1942 German sports film directed by Robert A. Stemmle and starring René Deltgen, Gustav Knuth and Heinz Engelmann. It featured famous German footballers of the era. National coach Sepp Herberger ...
'' (1942)
References
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1920 births
1951 deaths
Footballers from Bratislava
German footballers
Association football forwards
Germany international footballers
SC Freiburg players
Hertha BSC players
Railway accident deaths in Germany
Czechoslovak emigrants to Germany