Friedel Lutz

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Friedel Lutz
Personal information
Full name Alfred Lutz
Date of birth (1939-01-21)21 January 1939
Place of birth Bad Vilbel, Gau Hesse-Nassau, Germany
Date of death 7 February 2023(2023-02-07) (aged 84)
Place of death Bad Vilbel
Height 1.78 m (5 ft 10 in)
Position(s) Full-back
Youth career
1950–1957 FV Bad Vilbel
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1957–1963 Eintracht Frankfurt (OL Süd) 124 (4)
1963–1966 Eintracht Frankfurt (BL) 74 (0)
1966–1967 1860 Munich 11 (0)
1967–1973 Eintracht Frankfurt 126 (4)
1973–1974 TuS Makkabi Frankfurt
1974 SpVgg Neu-Isenburg
1987 FC Rhein-Main
International career
1960–1966 West Germany 12 (0)
Medal record
Men's football
Representing  West Germany
FIFA World Cup
Runner-up 1966 England
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Alfred "Friedel" Lutz (21 January 1939 – 7 February 2023) was a German professional footballer who played as a full-back. He spent most of his career with Eintracht Frankfurt. At international level, he made 12 appearances for the West Germany national team.

Club career[edit]

Lutz was born in Bad Vilbel, Germany. He joined Eintracht Frankfurt in 1955 and carried on playing for the club until 1973. With Eintracht Frankfurt, he reached the 1959–60 European Cup final which Frankfurt lost 7–3 against Real Madrid. For the 1966–67 season he joined then Bundesliga title-holder 1860 Munich, but returned to Eintracht Frankfurt after a single injury plagued season.[1]

International career[edit]

Debuting for the West Germany national team on 3 August 1960 in Iceland, a major injury prevented him from taking part in the 1962 FIFA World Cup for his country. However, he won a runner-up medal with the West Germans four years later at the 1966 FIFA World Cup. Lutz retired from playing for West Germany after that tournament, making his final appearance in the semi-final win over the Soviet Union (2–1).[2] Overall he won 12 caps.[3]

Personal life and death[edit]

Lutz was married and had a son.[4] He died on 7 February 2023, at the age of 84.[5]

References[edit]

  1. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (30 March 2021). "Friedrich Heinrich 'Friedel' Lutz - Matches and Goals in Bundesliga". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  2. ^ "Friedel Lutz". FIFA. Archived from the original on 18 October 2008. Retrieved 23 January 2010.
  3. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (30 March 2021). "Friedrich Heinrich 'Friedel' Lutz - International Appearances". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 30 March 2021.
  4. ^ "Eintracht Frankfurt trauert um Friedel Lutz". Eintracht Frankfurt (in German). 8 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.
  5. ^ "Fußball: Ehemaliger Nationalspieler Friedel Lutz ist tot". Der Spiegel (in German). 8 February 2023. Retrieved 8 February 2023.

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