Gottfried Fuchs
Football, Olympic athlete
1889 – 1972
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Who was Gottfried Fuchs?
Gottfried Fuchs was a German footballer. A German Jew, he fled Germany because of the Holocaust and emigrated to Canada. He is remembered for scoring 10 goals for Germany in a 16–0 win against Russia at the 1912 Olympics on 1 July, becoming the top scorer of the tournament.
He was part of the legendary attacking trio of Karlsruher FV with Fritz Förderer and Julius Hirsch. His older brother was Richard Fuchs. He helped Karlsruher FV to win the 1910 German championship.
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- Born
- May 3, 1889
Karlsruhe - Religion
- Judaism
- Ethnicity
- Jewish people
- Germans
- Nationality
- Canada
- Germany
- Lived in
- Karlsruhe
- Died
- Feb 25, 1972
Montreal
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on July 23, 2013
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