Fritz Herkenrath

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Friedrich "Fritz" Herkenrath (born 9 September 1928 in Cologne) is a former football goalkeeper for Germany national football team at the 1958 FIFA World Cup Finals. He earned 21 caps between 1954 and 1958.

He took his club team Rot-Weiss Essen to the peak of its history and won a national championship in 1955. The following season, Rot-Weiss Essen became the first German side to qualify for the European Cup.

[edit] Clubs

• 1945-1951 Preussen Dellbrück
• 1951-1952 FC Cologne
• 1952-1962 Rot-Weiss Essen

[edit] References

• This article is based on a translation of an article from the German Wikipedia.
• Weltfussball

v • d • e West Germany squad - 1958 FIFA World Cup Fourth Place 1 Herkenrath • 2 Erhardt • 3 Juskowiak • 4 Eckel • 5 Wewers • 6 Szymaniak • 7 Stollenwerk • 8 Rahn • 9 Walter • 10 Schmidt • 11 Schäfer • 12 Seeler • 13 Klodt • 14 Cieslarczyk • 15 Kelbassa • 16 Sturm • 17 Schnellinger • 18 Hoffmann • 19 Peters • 20 Nuber • 21 Sawitzki • 22 Kwiatkowski • Coach: Herberger