Jakob Streitle (11 December 1916 – 24 June 1982) 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 ...

. During the course of his career, he played as a defender for Bayern Munich. He was capped by the Germany national team a total of 15 times between 1938 and 1952. Streitle was a member of the German squad that took part in the

FIFA World Cup 1938 The 1938 FIFA World Cup was the third edition of the World Cup, the quadrennial international football championship for senior men's national teams and was held in France from 4 June until 19 June 1938. Italy defended its title in the final, bea ...

in France, where he made his international debut in the round of 16 replay against Switzerland. During

World War II World War II or the Second World War, often abbreviated as WWII or WW2, was a world war that lasted from 1939 to 1945. It involved the vast majority of the world's countries—including all of the great powers—forming two opposing ...

, Streitle served as an officer in the German

Army An army (from Old French ''armee'', itself derived from the Latin verb ''armāre'', meaning "to arm", and related to the Latin noun ''arma'', meaning "arms" or "weapons"), ground force or land force is a fighting force that fights primarily on ...

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* * * 1916 births 1982 deaths German men's footballers FC Bayern Munich footballers Men's association football defenders Germany men's international footballers 1938 FIFA World Cup players German football managers FC Bayern Munich managers German Army officers of World War II {{germany-footy-defender-1910s-stub