Lothar Schämer (28 April 1940 – 27 December 2017) was a German professional

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who played as a defender. Schämer played his entire professional career at

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. In the 1963–64 season, he was part of the Frankfurt squad that debuted in the new founded

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scoring the first goal with a penalty against 1. FC Kaiserslautern. Finally, Schämer appeared in 216 Bundesliga fixtures netting 24 goals. His last match for Eintracht was on the 34th of the 1972–73 season against

MSV Duisburg Meidericher Spielverein 02 e. V. Duisburg, commonly known as simply MSV Duisburg (), is a Football in Germany, German association football club based in Duisburg, North Rhine-Westphalia. Nicknamed ''Die Zebras'' for their traditional striped jer ...

Honours

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: runners-up 1960–61, 1961–62 *

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: runners-up 1963–64 *

UEFA Intertoto Cup The UEFA Intertoto Cup (from , "between" and , " betting pool"),Most precisely, from ( football pool); cf. originally called the International Football Cup, was a summer football competition between European clubs. The competition was dis ...

: 1966–67

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Lothar Schämer
at eintracht-archiv.de * 1940 births 2017 deaths People from Darmstadt-Dieburg Footballers from Darmstadt (region) German men's footballers Eintracht Frankfurt players Bundesliga players Men's association football defenders Sudeten German people People from Karlovy Vary District West German men's footballers {{germany-footy-defender-1940s-stub