Eugen Kipp senior

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Eugene Kipp
German national soccer team first Laenderspiel 1908.jpg
with the German national soccer team
on April 5, 1908 (3rd from right)
Personnel
birthday February 26, 1885
place of birth Stuttgart ,  German Empire
date of death November 10, 1931
Place of death Stuttgart,  German Empire
position Storm
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1901-1905 FC Karlsvorstadt
1905-1912 Sports fans Stuttgart
1912-1914 Stuttgart Kickers
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1908-1913 Germany 18 (10)
1 Only league games are given.

Eugen Kipp senior (born February 26, 1885 in Stuttgart - Heslach , † November 10, 1931 in Stuttgart) was a German football player and Olympic participant in 1912 .

Life

Kipp played a total of 18 international matches from 1908 to 1913 , scoring ten goals. Among other things, he took part in the first official international match of the German national team on April 5, 1908 in Basel against Switzerland , and he scored 1-0 in the first German international win on April 4, 1909 against Switzerland, which also meant the final score. From April 24, 1910 to March 24, 1912, he was the second national record holder of the DFB and then again from June 29, 1912 to July 3, 1912 and from May 18, 1913 to April 28, 1929 record holder. In two international matches (June 7, 1908 against Austria and May 18, 1913 against Switzerland) he acted as team captain .

Eugen Kipps played for Sportfreunde Stuttgart (until 1905 FC Karlsvorstadt), for which he was active from 1901 to 1912 and with whom he won the Crown Prince Cup in 1910 ; then he joined the Stuttgarter Kickers from 1912 to 1914 . He took part with the German selection at the Olympic soccer tournament in Stockholm in 1912 .

With the First World War and the draft order in the summer of 1915, Eugen Kipp's life took a tragic turn. In October 1915 he was seriously wounded on the Western Front near Ypres , whereupon his right leg above the knee had to be amputated. He also suffered further injuries from bayonet stabs in his jaw and shoulder. He was never able to recover from these war wounds and eventually died of their late effects at the age of only 46.

While he was still alive, he was the only football player alongside Adolf Jäger to be honored with the eagle plaque, the highest award in German sport at the time, by the Reich Committee for Physical Activity.

Eugen Kipp had a son, Eugen Kipp junior , who was also active for the Stuttgarter Kickers for many years and played for FC Bern in Switzerland from 1932 to 1936 .

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Individual evidence

  1. ^ Extract from the German lists of losses (Württ. 289) of October 25, 1915, p. 9601
personal data
SURNAME Kipp, Eugen senior
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 26, 1885
PLACE OF BIRTH Stuttgart-Heslach , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH November 10, 1931
Place of death Stuttgart , German Empire