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Date of birth
  
2 October 1928

Name
  
Willy Troger

Place of birth
  
Zwickau, Germany

Role
  
Footballer

Place of death
  
Pirna, Germany

Position
  
Forward

Playing position
  
Striker


Willy Troger

Date of death
  
30 March 2004(2004-03-30) (aged 75)

1943–1945
  
SG Zwickau-Oberhohndorf

Died
  
March 30, 2004, Pirna, Germany

Willy troger goal 19 may 1957


Willy Tröger (2 October 1928 in Zwickau – 30 March 2004 in Pirna) was a German footballer who played as a striker, spending his entire career with Wismut Aue, and making 15 appearances for the East Germany national team.

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Career

In his youth, Tröger played handball before converting to football, where he initially played as a goalkeeper. Both of these activities were cut short in 1945, however, when he lost his hand while fighting in World War II: having been drafted into the Wehrmacht as the war drew to a close, he was injured by a grenade in Berlin. He continued in the game, however, and converted to the position of striker, playing for a succession of local clubs in Zwickau before joining Wismut Aue of the DDR-Oberliga in 1951, following coach Walter Fritzsch. He remained with the club, who were renamed Wismut Karl-Marx-Stadt in 1954, until 1962, scoring 114 goals in 237 games. During this time the club won three league titles (1956, 1957 and 1959) and one cup in 1955, and Tröger was the league's top scorer in the 1954–55 season, with 22 goals. His 114 goals at the highest level of East German football are a club record.

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Tröger made 15 appearances for the East Germany national team, scoring 10 goals between 1954 and 1959, including 2 goals in the national team's first victory, a 3–2 win against Romania in Bucharest in 1955.

Death

Tröger died of stomach cancer on 30 March 2004 in Pirna-Copitz, having been unsuccessfully operated on twice. A song was written in tribute by local artist Stefan Gerlach, and the stadium in Pirna was renamed the Willy-Tröger-Stadion in his honour.

References

Willy Tröger Wikipedia


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