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Gottfried Fuchs

Who

Gottfried Fuchs · Sports

What

Scored 10 goals in one match for Germany (1912) — a national record for a century; fled the Nazis to Canada

When

1889, Karlsruhe, Germany — 1972, Montreal, Quebec, Canada

Where

Germany · Canada

Biography

Gottfried Fuchs is recognized among Jewish contributors to Sports — Scored 10 goals in one match for Germany (1912) — a national record for a century; fled the Nazis to Canada

How & why

Gottfried Fuchs was a German footballer who scored ten goals in a single match for Germany against Russia at the 1912 Olympics — a national team record that stood for over a century. A Jewish athlete, he was later erased from German football history under the Nazis and fled Germany, eventually settling in Canada. He was Jewish.

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Source: Wikipedia

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Scored 10 goals in one match for Germany (1912) — a national record for a century; fled the Nazis to Canada

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Source: Wikipedia