Richard Kress (alternative writing Richard Kreß) (6 March 1925 – 30 March 1996) was a German
footballer
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.
He played for
Eintracht Frankfurt
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from 1953 until 1964 as a typical right winger. He won the German championship in 1959 and played in the
European Cup
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final in
1960
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Events
January
* Ja ...
which was lost to Real Madrid 3–7 on 18 May at
Hampden Park
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in Glasgow in front of 135,000 spectators. Kress scored the first goal of the match.
Kress also worked in a chemist's shop with his wife in Frankfurt. He could be regularly met on his way to the Eintracht training facility in
Riederwald on line 18.
He was capped nine times for
Germany between 1954 and 1961 contributing two goals.
Kress still is the oldest player to give his debut in the
Bundesliga.
Honours
*
German championship:
1958–59
*
European Cup
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: runners-up
1959–60
*
Oberliga Süd Oberliga ( en, Premier league) may refer to:
Association football
* Oberliga (football), currently the fifth tier of the German football league system, formerly the first
* DDR-Oberliga, the first tier of football in East Germany until 1990, re ...
:
1958–59; runners-up
1953–54,
1960–61,
1961–62
*
DFB-Pokal: runners-up
1963–64
References
External links
Richard Kressat eintracht-archiv.de
1925 births
1996 deaths
Germany international footballers
German footballers
Bundesliga players
Eintracht Frankfurt players
Association football forwards
People from Fulda
Sportspeople from Kassel (region)
Footballers from Hesse
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