Fritz Laband (1 November 1925 – 3 January 1982) was a German association football, footballer who played as a defender (association football), defender. He was part of the Germany national football team, West Germany national team that won the 1954 FIFA World Cup. In total he earned four caps for West Germany. During his club career he played for FC Anker Wismar, Hamburger SV and SV Werder Bremen, Werder Bremen. His standard position being that of a right Fullback (association football), full back, Laband was a thorough-going and powerful player with good long range passing ability. With his international debut coming less than two months before the 1954 FIFA World Cup, he managed to play in three of Germany's six games at that tournament. For the semi-final and the final, coach Sepp Herberger however decided to move his Hamburg club teammate Josef Posipal to the right back position.

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1925 births 1982 deaths Sportspeople from Zabrze People from the Province of Upper Silesia German footballers East German footballers Men's association football defenders Germany men's international footballers FC Anker Wismar players Hamburger SV players SV Werder Bremen players 1954 FIFA World Cup players FIFA World Cup-winning players {{Germany-footy-defender-1920s-stub