Karl Ringel

{{Short description|German footballer (1932–2024)}}

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

{{Infobox football biography

| name = Karl Ringel

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| birth_date = {{birth date|1932|9|30|df=y}}

| birth_place = Fürth, Bavaria, Germany{{cite web | url = http://www.worldfootball.net/spieler_profil/karl-ringel/ | title = Karl Ringel | publisher = worldfootball.net | accessdate = 4 May 2013}}

| death_date = {{death date and age|2024|5|4|1932|9|30|df=y}}

| death_place = Neunkirchen, Saarland, Germany

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| position = Forward, midfielder

| years1 = 1951–1952

| clubs1 = SpVgg Fürth

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| years2 = 1952–1953

| clubs2 = VfB Friedrichshafen

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| years3 = 1953–1965

| clubs3 = Borussia Neunkirchen

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| years4 = 1965–1966

| clubs4 = 1. FC Saarbrücken

| caps4 = 9

| goals4 = 0

| nationalyears1 = 1955

| nationalteam1 = Saarland B

| nationalcaps1 = 1

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| nationalyears2 = 1956

| nationalteam2 = Saarland

| nationalcaps2 = 2

| nationalgoals2 = 1

| nationalyears3 = 1958

| nationalteam3 = West Germany

| nationalcaps3 = 1

| nationalgoals3 = 0

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Karl Ringel (30 September 1932 – 4 May 2024) was a German footballer who played as a forward or midfielder, representing both Saarland and West Germany internationally.{{cite book|title=Kicker Fußball-Almanach 2011: Mit aktuellem Bundesliga-Spieler-ABC|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=1SVkEbeNdGMC&pg=PA115|accessdate=16 October 2012|date=August 2010|publisher=Stiebner Verlag GmbH|isbn=978-3-7679-0914-4|pages=115–}}{{cite web|title= Karl Ringel |url=http://www.ludwigspark.de/spieler.php?spieler_id=4733&vereins_ID=1&archiv=1|accessdate=16 October 2012 | publisher = ludwigspark.de}}{{cite web|url=https://www.rsssf.org/miscellaneous/double-caps.html |title=Players Appearing for Two or More Countries |accessdate=28 June 2014 |url-status=live |website=RSSSF |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20080803173844/http://www.rsssf.com/miscellaneous/double-caps.html |archivedate= 3 August 2008 }}{{cite web|url=http://www.saar-nostalgie.de/Nationalmannschaft1Anhang.htm|title=Die Spieler der saarländischen Fußball-Nationalmannschaft|accessdate=7 May 2017|author=Martin Neu|language=German|publisher=Saar Nostalgie}} Ringel died on 4 May 2024, at the age of 91.{{cite news |title=Borussia trauert um ihren Ehrenspielführer |url=https://borussia-neunkirchen.de/borussia-trauert-um-ihren-ehrenspielfuehrer/ |access-date=15 May 2024 |publisher=Borussia |date=4 May 2024}}