Richard Kress

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Richard Kress
Personal information
Full name	Richard Kress
Date of birth	March 6, 1925
Place of birth	Niesig (today part of Fulda), Germany
Date of death	March 30, 1996 (aged 71)
Playing position	Striker
Senior clubs1
Years	Club	App (Gls)*
1935–1953 1953–1964	FV Horas Eintracht Frankfurt	291 (70)
National team
1954–1961	Germany	009 0(2)
1 Senior club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only. * Appearances (Goals)

Richard Kress (alternative writing Richard Kreß) (March 6, 1925 – March 30, 1996) was a German footballer.

He played for Eintracht Frankfurt from 1953 until 1964 as a typical right winger and won the German championship in 1959 and played the European Cup final in 1960 which was lost to Real Madrid 3-7 on May 18 at Hampden Park in Glasgow in front of 135,000 spectators. Kress scored 1-0 lead for Frankfurt.

Richard Kress also worked in a chemist's shop with his wife in Frankfurt. He could be regularly met on his way to the Eintracht training facility in Riederwald on line 18.

He was capped 9 times for Germany between 1954 and 1961 contributing 2 goals.

Kress still is the oldest player to give his debut in the Bundesliga.

[edit] External links

• Richard Kress at eintracht-archiv.de