Hans Lang (footballer)

Hans Lang
Personal information
Full name Hans Lang
Date of birth (1899-02-08)8 February 1899
Place of birth Augsburg, Germany[1]
Date of death 27 April 1943(1943-04-27) (aged 44)
Place of death Aalborg, German-occupied Denmark
Position(s) Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1920–1921 BC Augsburg
1921–1923 SpVgg Fürth
1924–1930 Hamburger SV
International career
1922–1926 Germany 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Hans Lang (8 February 1899 – 27 April 1943) was a German footballer who played as a midfielder.

Club career

Lang played for BC Augsburg, SpVgg Fürth and Hamburger SV.

International career

Lang was called up for the Germany national team.[2] He won ten caps between 1922 and 1926.[3]

Personal life and death

Lang had served in the German army on the Western front in the First World War when he was taken prisoner of war by the French in 1918 and not released until 1920.[4]

Following the outbreak of the Second World War, Lang was drafted into the Luftwaffe as a Oberfeldwebel.[4] He died in April 1943 in hospital in Aalborg Air Base following a heart attack.[4]

References

  1. ^ Profile at worldfootball.net
  2. ^ Kicker Fußball-Almanach 2011: Mit aktuellem Bundesliga-Spieler-ABC. Stiebner Verlag GmbH. August 2010. p. 129. ISBN 978-3-7679-0914-4. Retrieved 10 August 2013.
  3. ^ Arnhold, Matthias (18 February 2021). "Hans Lang - International Appearances". RSSSF.com. Retrieved 19 February 2021.
  4. ^ a b c "1922: Als Hans Lang zum Nationalspieler wurde". fcaugsburg.de (in German). FC Augsburg. 23 August 2018. Archived from the original on 10 September 2018. Retrieved 10 September 2018.


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