:Siegbert Wirth

{{short description|American soccer player}}

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| name = Siegbert M. Wirth

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| birth_date = {{birth date text|October 26, 1929}}

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| death_date = {{death-date and age|October 12, 1999|October 26, 1929}}

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| youthyears1 = 1950, 1952–1955

| youthclubs1 = Syracuse University

| position = Defender

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Siegbert M. Wirth (October 26, 1929 – October 12, 1999){{cite web |url=https://familysearch.org/pal:/MM9.1.1/VSF8-JNL |title=Siegbert M Wirth, United States Social Security Death Index |website=familysearch.org}} was a U.S. soccer player who was a member of the U.S. soccer team at the 1956 Summer Olympics.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/1005744 |title=Siegbert Wirth |work=Olympedia |access-date=December 2, 2021}} He played his college soccer at Syracuse University in 1950 and then again from 1952 to 1955.{{cite web |url=http://www.suathletics.com/Sports/Soccer/msoccer/2004/msocletterwinners.asp#W |title=Syracuse Letterwinners |website=suathletics.com}} Following his graduation from Syracuse, he entered the U.S. military. While he was a member of the Olympic soccer team, he did not enter a game during the tournament. In 1990, he took over as head coach of the Mynderse Academy Varsity Boys Soccer Team where he took a team that won 2 games the previous season to the league championship. He coached Mynderse for the next 6 years.

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