Walter Schmidt

Walter Schmidt

Footballer

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Career & Clubs

Career

Walter Schmidt spent his entire professional career at Eintracht Braunschweig. He joined the club in 1959 and quickly became a regular in the Oberliga Nord, then the first tier of German football. In 1963 Eintracht Braunschweig became one of the founding members of the new nationwide Bundesliga. Schmidt, who missed only one league game between 1963 and 1967, was one of the key players of Eintracht's German championship winning team of 1967. However, an injury he suffered in 1969 forced Schmidt to retire from the game after missing the entire 1969–70 season.

Club
Eintracht Braunschweig (1959–1970)
Club
Germany national football B team (1965–1965)
League
Bundesliga
National team
Germany

Personal

Personal life and death

Schmidt was the father of musician DJ Pari. Schmidt died in Braunschweig on 25 October 2024, at the age of 87.

Legacy

Honours

Eintracht Braunschweig

Bundesliga: 1966–67

Clubs

Played together with

Archive

Passport
Identifiers & aliases
ISNI

000000009654028X

Description

German footballer born 1937 (1937–2024)

Position

defender

Extract from Wikipedia

Walter Schmidt was a German professional footballer who played as a midfielder or defender.

▸ Source: Wikipedia
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