Fritz Spengler

Fritz Spengler

Player information
Full name	Friedrich Spengler
birthday	September 6, 1908
place of birth	Mannheim , German Empire
citizenship	Germany Saarland
date of death	March 10, 2003
Place of death	Saarbrücken , Germany
Clubs as active
from ... to	society
-	SV Waldhof Mannheim
National team
Debut on	December 9, 1934
against	Hungary
	Games (goals)
German Empire	5 (11)
Clubs as coaches
from ... to	society
1951-1956	Saarland (field)
1956-1956	Saarland (hall)
Medal table
Olympic Summer Games 1 × 0 × 0 ×
As of April 12, 2020

Friedrich "Fritz" Spengler (born September 6, 1908 in Mannheim ; † March 10, 2003 in Saarbrücken ) was a German field handball player .

Spengler played for SV Waldhof Mannheim , with whom he became German champion in 1933 and German runner-up in 1937. At the Olympic Games in 1936 Spengler took part in two games, but in the 10: 6 win in the final against Austria he was not part of the team. He played a total of five international matches from 1934 to 1936.

After the Second World War, Fritz Spengler was the trainer of the independent Saarland handball association, which took part in the field handball world championships in 1952 and 1955 with its own team. In 1956 he was the coach of the national indoor team in their only game they have ever played.

literature

• Bodo Harenberg (ed.): The stars of the sport from A-Z . Habel, Berlin et al. 1970.

Web links

• Fritz Spengler in the Sports-Reference database (English; archived from the original )
• Chronicle SV Waldhof handball department