Walter Fritzsch

Walter Fritzsch

Fritzsch with Dynamo Dresden in 1971
Personal information
Date of birth	21 November 1920
Place of birth	Zwickau, Saxony, Germany
Date of death	15 October 1997(1997-10-15) (aged 76)
Place of death	Dresden, Germany
Height	1.60 m (5 ft 3 in)
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1927–1940	SC Planitz
1940–1943	VfL Leisnig
1943–1946	BC Hartha
1946–1950	Wismut Cainsdorf
Managerial career
1950–1955	SC Planitz
1955–1957	Wismut Aue
1957–1960	Empor Lauter
1960–1963	Motor Dessau
1963–1966	SC Motor Karl-Marx-Stadt
1966–1969	Stahl Riesa
1969–1978	Dynamo Dresden
1978–1991	DFV der DDR
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Walter Fritzsch (21 November 1920 – 15 October 1997) was a German football player and manager.

Playing career

Fritzsch began his career as a player in 1927 with

Fritzsch was succeeded as trainer at Dynamo by Gerhard Prautzsch and moved on to work for the DFV (Deutscher Fußball Verband der DDR or German Football Association of East Germany). Over his career he had coached 1,900 games, coming away with 1,163 victories. His opinion was still sought out by his former club Dynamo Dresden when they became one of two former East German sides to join the Bundesliga after German reunification in 1990.

Death

Fritzsch died on 15 October 1997, shortly before his 77th birthday. The "Small General" was buried in the Heidefriedhof Dresden Cemetery. He was subsequently honored with a monument in the

• Dynamo Dresden 1953–1983
  ISBN 3-9803346-3-5
  ; Publisher's: Thom Vlg., Leipzig (1993)

• Walter Fritzsch at WorldFootball.net