Eugen Kipp senior
Eugene Kipp | ||
with the German national soccer team
on April 5, 1908 (3rd from right) |
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Personnel | ||
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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 .
Web links
- Eugen Kipp senior in the database of the Kickers archive
- Eugen Kipp on rsssf .com
- Eugen Kipp in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
- Eugen Kipp in the database of fussballdaten.de
- The story of the first official international match of a German national soccer team on nexusboard.de
Individual evidence
personal data | |
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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 |