Albert Dusch

Albert Dusch (6 December 1912 – 27 October 2002) was a renowned German football referee. He was known as the first German referee to appear in an international match after World War II.

He served as a referee in two FIFA World Cups (1958 and 1962). Before his career in refereeing, he was a goalkeeper for 1. FC Kaiserslautern. When he was sent off and banned for three months, he was bored and became interested in refereeing. Dusch became known to a wider audience in the 1950s as the “referee of the grand gesture”. He was an internationally respected referee who was often used in the early days of European club competitions and at football world championships.