Ottmar Walter
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Walter in 2005 | |||||||||||||||||
| Personal information | |||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Ottmar Kurt Herrmann Walter | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of birth | 6 March 1924 | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of birth | Kaiserslautern, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Date of death | 16 June 2013 (aged 89) | ||||||||||||||||
| Place of death | Kaiserslautern, Germany | ||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.77 m (5 ft 10 in) | ||||||||||||||||
| Position(s) | Forward | ||||||||||||||||
| Youth career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1933–1941 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | ||||||||||||||||
| Senior career* | |||||||||||||||||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) | ||||||||||||||
| 1941–1942 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 20 | (18) | ||||||||||||||
| 1942-1943 | SV Cuxhaven | ||||||||||||||||
| 1943 | Holstein Kiel | 6 | (3) | ||||||||||||||
| 1946–1956 | 1. FC Kaiserslautern | 275 | (307) | ||||||||||||||
| Total | 301 | (328) | |||||||||||||||
| International career | |||||||||||||||||
| 1950–1955 | West Germany | 20 | (10) | ||||||||||||||
| 1956 | West Germany B | 1 | (1) | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||||||||||||||||
Ottmar Kurt Herrmann Walter (6 March 1924 – 16 June 2013) was a German footballer who played as a forward.
He played together with his brother, Fritz Walter, at the club 1. FC Kaiserslautern. They also played together for the West Germany national team in the 1954 FIFA World Cup. Walter scored four goals in the tournament as West Germany won their first ever World Cup title. In total, Walter earned 20 caps and scored 10 goals for Germany. For his club 1. FC Kaiserslautern he scored an unequaled 336 goals in 321 league and cup matches. Walter debuted in the first team at the age of 18 in 1942 as an outside left in a 7–1 rout of Waldhof Mannheim.
During World War II, Walter was drafted into the Kriegsmarine and suffered heavy injuries in his right knee. After several operations, he was forced to end his career in 1958.