Fritz Förderer
{{Short description|German footballer (1888–1952)}}
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|death_place = Weimar, Germany
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|position = Defender
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Friedrich "Fritz" Förderer (5 January 1888 – 20 December 1952) was a German amateur footballer who played as a defender and competed in the 1912 Summer Olympics.
Biography
Förderer was born in Karlsruhe.{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25405 |title=Fritz Förderer |work=Olympedia |access-date=26 May 2021}} He was a member of the German Olympic squad, played two matches in the consolation tournament, and scored five goals. He played for Karlsruher FV, where together with Julius Hirsch and Gottfried Fuchs he formed an attacking trio.[https://books.google.com/books?id=9_7lDAAAQBAJ&dq=Julius+Hirsch+%22jewish%22&pg=PR20 Soccer Under the Swastika; Stories of Survival and Resistance During the Holocaust]
He joined the Nazi Party in 1942 and would go on to coach various football teams, including one composed of members of the Third SS Death-Head unit that ran the Buchenwald concentration camp.{{citation needed|date=July 2024}}
He died in Weimar.
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External links
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20101011183615/http://www.karlsruher-fv1891.de/kfvh.html Pictures at Karlsruher-fv1891.de] {{in lang|de}}
- [http://www.karlsruhe.de/kultur/stadtgeschichte/blick_geschichte/blick86/biographie.de Biography of Fritz Förderer]{{Dead link|date=December 2019 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }} {{in lang|de}}
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{{Germany squad 1912 Summer Olympics}}
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Category:German men's footballers
Category:Germany men's international footballers
Category:Olympic footballers for Germany
Category:Footballers at the 1912 Summer Olympics
Category:Karlsruher FV players
Category:VfL Halle 1896 players
Category:Footballers from Karlsruhe
Category:Men's association football defenders
Category:20th-century German sportsmen
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