Herbert Jäger

{{short description|German footballer}}

{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2024}}

{{Infobox football biography

|name = Herbert Jäger

|fullname =

|birth_date = {{birth date|1926|2|15|df=y}}

|birth_place = Wuppertal, Germany

|death_date = {{death date and age|2004|12|10|1926|2|15|df=yes}}

|death_place = Wuppertal, Germany

|height = {{height|m=1.85}}{{cite web |url=https://www.worldfootball.net/player_summary/herbert-jaeger/ |title=Herbert Jäger |website=worldfootball.net |publisher=HEIM:SPIEL |access-date=26 May 2020}}

|position = Defender

|years1 = 1949–1952

|clubs1 = Cronenberger SC

|caps1 =

|goals1 =

|years2 = 1952–1957

|clubs2 = Fortuna Düsseldorf

|caps2 = 74

|goals2 = 1

|years3 = 1957–1961

|clubs3 = VfL Benrath

|caps3 =

|goals3 =

|totalcaps = 74

|totalgoals = 1

|nationalyears1 = 1952

|nationalteam1 = West Germany Olympic

|nationalcaps1 = 4

|nationalgoals1 = 0

|medaltemplates =

}}

Herbert Jäger (15 February 1926 – 10 December 2004) was a German footballer who competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/herbert-jager-1.html |accessdate=28 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121213042734/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ja/herbert-jager-1.html |archivedate=13 December 2012 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25439 |title=Herbert Jäger |work=Olympedia |access-date=6 November 2021}}