Hans Kalb

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 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

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

International career

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

Personal life

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

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

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. 1 2 3 "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. ↑ "Des sanctions sont prises par la Fédération allemande contre ses joueurs". L'Écho des Sports. Paris. 13 June 1928. Retrieved 6 September 2025.
  6. ↑ "Soccer at the Olympics-Part 5 (1928-Amsterdam, Holland)". soccernostalgia.blogspot.com. April 2018. Retrieved 20 February 2019.