Fritz Balogh

Fritz Balogh
Personal information
Date of birth (1920-12-16)16 December 1920
Place of birth Bratislava, Czechoslovakia
Date of death 14 January 1951(1951-01-14) (aged 30)
Place of death Nersingen, West Germany
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1938–1940 SC Freiburg
1941–1945 Hertha BSC
1945–1946 SV Phönix 03
1946–1951 VfL Neckarau
International career
1950 West Germany 1 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Fritz Balogh (16 December 1920 – 14 January 1951) was a German footballer who played as a forward. His first club was DSK Preßburg (Bratislava). In 1941, he joined Hertha BSC as a wartime guest player.

After the Second World War, Balogh played for VfL Neckarau. On 22 November 1950 he participated in his first and only international in the West Germany national team, a 1–0 victory against Switzerland. This became the only national-level appearance from a player playing for VfL Neckarau.

Balogh fell from a train when returning from a match against Bayern Munich on 14 January 1951. He succumbed to his injuries a day later.

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