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Walter Berg (footballer)

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Walter Berg
Personal information
Full name Walter Alexander Johannes Berg
Date of birth (1916-04-21)21 April 1916
Place of birth Essen, Germany
Date of death 12 May 1949(1949-05-12) (aged 33)
Place of death Milín, Czechoslovakia
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
–1935 SV Kray 04
1935–1939 Schalke 04
1940 Hamburger SV
1940–1944 Schalke 04
International career
1938 Germany 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter Alexander Johannes Berg (21 April 1916 – 12 May 1949) was a German international footballer who played as a midfielder.[1]

Personal life

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Berg served as a Gefreiter (private) in the German Army during the Second World War.[2] Captured by Soviet forces, he died in a prisoner of war camp in Czechoslovakia on 12 May 1949.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Kicker Fußball-Almanach 2011: Mit aktuellem Bundesliga-Spieler-ABC. Stiebner Verlag GmbH. August 2010. pp. 115–. ISBN 978-3-7679-0914-4. Retrieved 19 December 2012.
  2. ^ a b "Walter Alexander Johannes Berg". Volksbund. Retrieved 17 October 2021.
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