Gottfried Fuchs, German-Canadian Olympic soccer player (died 1972)

Gottfried Fuchs

German footballer (1889–1972)

Gottfried Erik Fuchs, also known as Godfrey Fuchs, was a German Olympic footballer. He scored a then-world record 10 goals for the Germany national team in a 16–0 win against Russia at the 1912 Olympics. He left Germany to escape the Holocaust, as he was Jewish, and ultimately…