Heinz Ditgens (3 July 1914 – 20 June 1998) was a German professional
footballer
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who played club football for
Borussia Mönchengladbach. He won three caps for the
Germany national side between 1936 and 1938, participating at the
1936 Summer Olympics,
and became Borussia Mönchengladbach's first ever international player in the process. Ditgens also fought at
Stalingrad in
World War II
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 opposing ...
.
References
External links
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Player profile at Borussia Mönchengladbach
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1914 births
1998 deaths
German men's footballers
Germany men's international footballers
German Army personnel of World War II
Borussia Mönchengladbach players
Olympic footballers for Germany
Footballers at the 1936 Summer Olympics
German football managers
Borussia Mönchengladbach managers
Footballers from Mönchengladbach
Men's association football midfielders
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