Fritz Walter

Forward Fritz Walter was on the West German football team that won the third-place match against Italy 3-0, and took the bronze medal at the 1988 Seoul Olympics. Therefore, the team and all players were awarded the Silver Bay Leaf, Germany’s highest sports award. Walter never won a full international cap but played with the Olympic team eight times, scoring three goals.

Domestically, Walter played with FV Weinheim (1978-81) SV Waldhof Mannheim (1981-87), VfB Stuttgart (1987-94), Arminia Bielefeld (1994-97), and SSV Ulm 1846 (1997-99). In total, he played 348 Bundesliga matches and scored 157 goals. In 1992, he was the Bundesliga top scorer, and in 1996 was the second Bundesliga leading scorer. In the second Bundesliga, Walter played 103 matches and scored 53 goals.

Walter helped Stuttgart win the German Championship in 1992. He was also in the Stuttgart team that lost 5-4 on aggregate to SSC Neapel (Napoli) in the final of the 1989 UEFA Cup.