- Richard Kress
Football manager infobox
playername = Richard Kress
fullname = Richard Kress
nickname =
dateofbirth =March 6 ,1925
cityofbirth =Niesig (today part ofFulda )
dateofdeath = death date and age|1996|3|30|1925|3|6
countryofbirth =Germany
position =Striker
years = 1935–1953
1953–1964
clubs =FV Horas Eintracht Frankfurt
caps(goals) =
291 (70)
nationalyears = 1954–1961
nationalteam = fb|Germany
nationalcaps(goals) = 009 0(2)
manageryears =
managerclubs =Richard Kress (alternative writing Richard Kreß) (
March 6 1925 –March 30 1996 ) was a German footballer.He played for
Eintracht Frankfurt from 1953 until 1964 as a typical right winger and won the German championship in 1959 and played the European Cup final in 1960 which was lost to Real Madrid 3-7 on May 18 atHampden Park in Glasgow in front of 135,000 spectators. Kress scored 1-0 lead for Frankfurt.Richard Kress also worked in a chemist's shop with his wife in Frankfurt.He could be regularly met on his way to the Eintracht training facility in Riederwald on line 18. He was capped 9 times for Germany between 1954 and 1961 contributing 2 goals.
Kress still is the oldest player to give his debut in the Bundesliga.
External links
* [http://www.eintracht-archiv.de/kress.html Richard Kress at eintracht-archiv.de]
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