Eugen Kipp
Personal information
Date of birth (1885-02-26)26 February 1885
Place of birth Stuttgart, Germany
Date of death 4 November 1931(1931-11-04) (aged 46)
Place of death Stuttgart, Germany
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1901–1905 FC Karlsvorstadt
1905–1912 Sportfreunde Stuttgart
1912–1915 Stuttgarter Kickers
International career
1908–1913 Germany 18 (10)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Eugen Kipp (26 February 1885 – 4 November 1931) was a German footballer who played as a forward. Eugen was a member of the German Olympic squad and played one match in the main tournament.[1]

Biography

On 5 April 1908, Kipp was one of the eleven footballers who played in the debut game of the Germany national team, in an friendly against Switzerland that ended in a 3-5 loss.[2] Since then, he become his country's all-time top scorer in international football with 10 goals in 18 caps (two of which as captain) between 1908 and 1913, until eventually being overtaken by several of his contemporaries.[3] He scored his first and last international goal in the two games in which he was captain and both ended in losses to Austria and Switzerland.[4] He only scored more than once in a single international game once, in a 3-2 win over Switzerland on 3 April 1910. He also represented Germany at the 1912 Summer Olympics, playing just one game.

At club level, he spent his best years with Sportfreunde Stuttgart between 1905 and 1912, playing a pivotal role in helping the club win the 1910 Kronprinzenpokal in 1910. The highlight of his club career was representing Sportfreunde in the 1909 Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy, regarded by many as the first European club trophy.[5] He scored his team's only goal at the tournament in a 1-2 loss to a Torino XI (a team formed from players of Juventus and Torino).[6]

Personal life

Kipp served in World War I, and was severely injured in Ypres, Belgium. He lost his right leg right above his knee, and received bayonet slashes to his jaw and shoulder.[7] He never fully recovered from the injuries, and died on 4 November 1931 at the age of 46.[8]

While he was still alive, he was the only football player besides Adolf Jäger to be honored with the eagle plaque, the highest award in German sport at the time, by the Reich Committee for Physical Education.

International goals

Switzerland score listed first, score column indicates score after each Kipp goal.
List of international goals scored by Eugen Kipp[4]
No. Cap Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1 27 June 1908Cricketer-Platz, Vienna, Austria Austria1–02–3Friendly
2 34 April 1909KFV Telegrafenkaserne ground, Karlsruhe, Germany  Switzerland1–01–0
3 43 April 1910Landhof, Basel, Switzerland2–13–2
4 3–2
5 524 April 1910Klarenbeek Stadium, Arnhem, Netherlands Netherlands1–02–4
6 626 March 1911Gazi-Stadion auf der Waldau, Stuttgart, Germany  Switzerland3–16–2
7 818 June 1911Råsunda IP, Solna, Sweden Sweden3–24–2
8 1014 April 1912Millenáris Sporttelep, Budapest, Hungary Hungary2–14–4
9 115 May 1912Espenmoos, St. Gallen, Switzerland  Switzerland1–02–1
10 1618 May 1913FFC-Platz Schwarzwaldstraße, Freiburg, Germany  Switzerland1–21–2

References

  1. ↑ "Eugen Kipp". Olympedia. Retrieved 26 May 2021.
  2. ↑ "Switzerland vs Germany, 5 April 1908". eu-football.info. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  3. ↑ kicker Almanach 1990 (in German) Yearbook of German football, publisher: kicker, published: 1989, page: 88, accessed: 22 March 2009
  4. 1 2 "Eugen Kipp". football.eu. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  5. ↑ "West Auckland, Juventus And The First 'World Cup'". www.thehardtackle.com. 12 July 2013. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  6. ↑ Andrea Veronese (20 November 2004). "1909 Sir Thomas Lipton Trophy (Torino)". RSSSF. Retrieved 13 July 2022.
  7. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Eugen Kipp". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 17 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.
  8. ↑ "Eugen Kipp". German War Graves Commission (in German). Archived from the original on 12 April 2020. Retrieved 12 April 2020.

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