Willi Lindner (27 June 1910 – 5 March 1944) was a German footballer. While signed at Eintracht Frankfurt he gained his only cap for the Germany national football team in Berlin against France. Then manager

Otto Nerz Otto Nerz (21 October 1892 – 18 April 1949) was a German footballer player and manager and the first head coach of the Germany national team between 1923 and 1936. Nerz was born in Hechingen, Province of Hohenzollern, son of a rope shop ...

substituted him for

Richard Hofmann Richard Hofmann (8 February 1906 – 5 May 1983) was a German football player. He played in 25 internationals for Germany as a centre forward, scoring 24 goals, including the first ever international hat-trick against England by a player from ...

in the half time break since the crowd wanted to see Hofmann play. Lindner fought in World War II, and died on the Eastern Front in 1944.

External links

Willi Lindner at eintracht-archiv.de
1910 births 1944 deaths Footballers from Frankfurt German footballers Germany international footballers Association football midfielders Eintracht Frankfurt players Tennis Borussia Berlin players German football managers Eintracht Frankfurt managers German military personnel killed in World War II {{Germany-footy-midfielder-1910s-stub