Lothar Schämer (28 April 1940 – 27 December 2017) was a German professional

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who played as a defender. Schämer played his entire professional career at

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. In the 1963–64 season, he was part of the Frankfurt squad that debuted in the new founded

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scoring the first goal with a penalty against 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Finally, Schämer appeared in 216 Bundesliga fixtures netting 24 goals. His last match for Eintracht was on the 34th of the 1972–73 season against

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Honours

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: runners-up 1960–61, 1961–62 *

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: runners-up 1963–64 *

UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from la, Inter, 'between' + german: toto, 'betting pool'),Most precisely, from (football pool); cf. often abbreviated and more known in the German-speaking world as UI Cup and originally called the International Foot ...

: 1966–67

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Lothar Schämer
at eintracht-archiv.de * 1940 births 2017 deaths People from Darmstadt-Dieburg Footballers from Darmstadt (region) German men's footballers Eintracht Frankfurt players Bundesliga players Men's association football defenders Sudeten German people People from Karlovy Vary District West German men's footballers {{germany-footy-defender-1940s-stub