Josef Bergmaier

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Josef Bergmaier
Personal information
Date of birth (1909-03-05)5 March 1909
Place of birth Munich, Germany
Date of death 5 March 1943(1943-03-05) (aged 34)
Place of death Oryol, Russia
Position(s) Forward
Youth career
TV 1888 München
0000–1929 FC Wacker München
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1929–1938 Bayern Munich
International career
1930–1933 Germany 8 (1)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Josef Bergmaier (5 March 1909 – 5 March 1943) was a German footballer who played as a forward. Bergmaier played for three clubs in his hometown, Munich - TV 1888, FC Wacker, and, most notably, FC Bayern Munich, where he won the 1932 German football championship, scoring both goals in the final against Eintracht Frankfurt. Between 1930 and 1933 he won 8 caps for Germany, scoring once, in a 2–2 draw with Norway in 1932.

Bergmaier fought in World War II, and died in the Eastern Front on his 34th birthday.[citation needed] His former teammate Franz Krumm died in similar circumstances four days later.

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