Rudolf "Rudi" Gramlich was a German

Germany

Germany , officially the Federal Republic of Germany , is a federal parliamentary republic in Europe. The country consists of 16 states while the capital and largest city is Berlin. Germany covers an area of 357,021 km2 and has a largely temperate seasonal climate...

 football

Football (soccer)

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 player and chairman.

As an active player he performed for Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...

. Gramlich made 22 international appearances for Germany

Germany national football team

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 between 1931 and 1936, achieving third place at the 1934 World Cup

1934 FIFA World Cup

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 in Italy. He was the captain of the German team at the 1936 Olympic Games

Football at the 1936 Summer Olympics

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 in Berlin

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From 1939 to 1942 and between 1955 and 1970 he was the chairman of Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt

Eintracht Frankfurt is a German sports club, based in Frankfurt, Hesse that is best known for its association football club.- Club origins :...

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