Herbert Schäfer

{{Short description|German footballer (1927–1991)}}

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{{Infobox football biography

| name = Herbert Schäfer

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1927|08|16|df=yes}}

| birth_place = Siegen, Germany

| death_date = {{death date and age|1991|05|06|1927|08|16|df=yes}}

| death_place = Siegen, Germany

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| clubs1 = Sportfreunde Siegen

| nationalteam1 = Germany

| nationalyears1 = 1952, 1956

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Herbert Schäfer (16 August 1927 – 6 May 1991) was a German international footballer who played for Sportfreunde Siegen.{{Worldfootball.net|herbert-schaefer}} He also competed in the 1952 Summer Olympics and in the 1956 Summer Olympics. He was born and died in Siegen.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/herbert-schafer-1.html |accessdate=28 June 2012 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20121214222844/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/sc/herbert-schafer-1.html |archivedate=14 December 2012 }}{{cite web|url=https://www.olympedia.org/athletes/25472 |title=Herbert Schäfer |work=Olympedia |access-date=6 November 2021}}