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Fritz Balogh

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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)
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 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 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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