Hans Kalb

Hans Kalb (3 August 1899 – 5 April 1945) was a German international footballer.[1][2]

Hans Kalb
Harry Dénis, Albert Prince-Cox & Hans Kalb (1927)
Personal information
Date of birth (1899-08-03)3 August 1899
Place of birth Nuremberg, Germany
Date of death 5 April 1945(1945-04-05) (aged 45)
Position(s) Defender
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1917–1933 1. FC Nürnberg
International career
1920–1928 Germany 15 (2)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

The 1. FC Nürnberg player won 15 caps (two goals) for Germany.[3] Kalb was sent off in the match against Uruguay at the 1928 Olympic Games for a deliberate foul against Uruguayan goal scorer Pedro Petrone.[4] Uruguay won the game 4-1, and Kalb received a one year ban from the German Football Association, which ended his international career.[5]

Personal life

In the First World War he served as an artilleryman in the German Army.[2]

Outside football, Kalb was a dental surgeon who practised in Nuremberg. He died from an infection contracted in surgery.[2]

References
  1. Kicker Fußball-Almanach 2011: Mit aktuellem Bundesliga-Spieler-ABC. Stiebner Verlag GmbH. August 2010. pp. 115–. ISBN 978-3-7679-0914-4. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  2. "Profile". glubberer.de. Retrieved 21 October 2012.
  3. Arnhold, Matthias (16 April 2020). "Hans Kalb - International Appearances". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 17 April 2020.
  4. "Hans Kalb". Olympedia. Retrieved 12 September 2021.
  5. "Soccer at the Olympics-Part 5 (1928-Amsterdam, Holland)". soccernostalgia.blogspot.com. Retrieved 20 February 2019.


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