Playing position Position Midfielder Role Footballer | Name Heinz Ditgens Years Team | |
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Date of birth (1914-07-03)3 July 1914 Date of death 20 June 1998(1998-06-20) (aged 83) Place of death Monchengladbach, Germany Died June 20, 1998, Monchengladbach, Germany | ||
Heinz Ditgens (3 July 1914 – 20 June 1998) was a German professional footballer who played club football for Borussia Mönchengladbach. He won three caps for the German national side between 1936 and 1938, participating at the 1936 Summer Olympics, and became Borussia Mönchengladbach's first ever international player in the process. Ditgens also fought at Stalingrad in World War II.
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