Jakob Bender (23 March 1910 – 8 February 1981) was a German

footballer A football player or footballer is a sportsperson who plays one of the different types of football. The main types of football are association football, American football, Canadian football, Australian rules football, Gaelic football, rugby le ...

who played as a

midfielder A midfielder is an outfield position in association football. Midfielders may play an exclusively defensive role, breaking up attacks, and are in that case known as defensive midfielders. As central midfielders often go across boundarie ...

. In the 1930s, he was a squad member of

Fortuna Düsseldorf Düsseldorfer Turn- und Sportverein Fortuna 1895 e.V., commonly known as Fortuna Düsseldorf (), is a German football club in Düsseldorf, North Rhine-Westphalia, which competes in the 2. Bundesliga. Founded in 1895, Fortuna entered the league ...

, who in 1933 became German League champions. Between 1933 and 1935, Bender played for the Germany national team. He was part of the squad selected for the

1934 FIFA World Cup The 1934 FIFA World Cup was the second edition of the FIFA World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams. It took place in Italy from 27 May to 10 June 1934. The 1934 World Cup was the first in w ...

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* 1910 births 1934 FIFA World Cup players 1981 deaths German men's footballers Germany men's international footballers Fortuna Düsseldorf players Men's association football defenders Footballers from Düsseldorf People from the Rhine Province {{Germany-footy-bio-stub