Walter Günther (18 November 1915 – March 1989) was a German international footballer.[1]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Date of birth | 18 November 1915 | ||
| Date of death | March 1989 (aged 73) | ||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| TuS Duisburg 48/99 | |||
| International career | |||
| 1935–1937 | Germany | 4 | (2) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
He first played for the Duisburger TSV 1899 (1932-1938), then after a merger for the TuS Duisburg 48/99 (1938-1948) and finally for the Duisburger SpV (1948-1949). From 1933 to 1945 he kicked mainly in the Gauliga Niederrhein (Lower Rhine), one of 16 top-flight divisions formed in the 1933 re-organization of German football under the Third Reich. Willy Busch, Hans Biallas, Friedel Holz and Toni Turek, the 1954 world champion, were among his teammates.[2]
In 1937 he won the Reichsbundpokal with the Niederrhein, in 1944 he was awarded Gaumeister Niederrhein with the Kriegsspielgemeinschaft (War Games Community) TuS 48/99 and the Duisburg SpV.
Further reading edit
- Lorenz Knieriem, Hardy Grüne: Spielerlexikon 1890 – 1963, in: Enzyklopädie des deutschen Ligafußballs, vol. 8, Kassel: AGON 2006 (ISBN 3-89784-148-7).
- Werner Raupp: Toni Turek – „Fußballgott“. Eine Biographie, Hildesheim: Arete Verlag 2019 (ISBN 978-3-96423-008-9), p. 24-25, 30-25, 47-50.
References edit
- ^ Kicker Fußball-Almanach 2011: Mit aktuellem Bundesliga-Spieler-ABC. Stiebner Verlag GmbH. August 2010. pp. 115–. ISBN 978-3-7679-0914-4. Retrieved 3 December 2012.
- ^ Werner Raupp: Toni Turek, 2018 (Further Reading), p. 30-35.
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