Fritz Balogh

Fritz Balogh ( born December 16, 1920 in Pressburg / Bratislava; † January 14, 1951 near Nersingen near Ulm ) was a German football player.

In SK Bratislava ( Pressburg ) Balogh began in youth in 1934 with football game. During the Second World War it had Balogh devious to the capital, where he played for Hertha BSC. In the Berliners Balogh reach 19 games 22 goals and also in the final of the German Championship 1944, he scored two goals in three games.

From 1946, the left half unlaced his boots for the Mannheim suburb club VfL Neckarau in the Oberliga Süd; there he scored a total of 66 goals in 96 league matches. In the 1946/47 season, he was charged with 32 gates the second best league scorer - behind Hans Pöschl, but before Max Morlock (both from 1 FC Nuremberg).

Fritz Balogh was the club for family reasons also true, as this 1948 relegation to the second division and worked to reach the prolific attacker among others VfB Mühlburg and FSV Frankfurt, and helped Neckarau 1950 to return to the top flight football.

On November 22, 1950, he was in the squad of the German national football team in their first international match after the war. The DFB - Team won in Stuttgart against Switzerland 1-0. For Balogh, this was the only use in the national team and he was the only national team, the VfL ​​Neckarau has produced.

On January 14, 1951 21.30 clock Balogh crashed on the way back from away matches of his club FC Bayern München from the moving train and died instantly