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Otto Siffling (3 August 1912 – 20 October 1939) was a German footballer who played as a forward for SV Waldhof Mannheim and the Germany national team. As Germany international, he made 31 appearances scoring 17 goals between 1934 and 1938 and was a participant in the 1934 FIFA World Cup, where he scored a goal. He was part of the Breslau Eleven that beat Denmark 8–0 in Breslau in 1937 and went on to win 10 out 11 games played during that year. He was also part of Germany's squad at the 1936 Summer Olympics.[1]

Otto Siffling

Graffiti in Mannheim dedicated to Siffling
Personal information
Full name	Otto Siffling
Date of birth	(1912-08-03)3 August 1912
Place of birth	Mannheim, Germany
Date of death	20 October 1939(1939-10-20) (aged 27)
Position(s)	Forward
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
	Waldhof Mannheim
National team
1934–1938	Germany	31	(17)
Honours Men's football Representing  Germany FIFA World Cup 1934 Italy
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Siffling was one of the most talented center forwards of the 1930s. An opinionated and exceptionally gifted player, Siffling was a virtuoso on the pitch who impressed with his ingenuity and imagination when on the ball. Being not keen on overly physical play, he was not a traditional center forward, preferring to create more than to score.[2] Taciturn in nature, he did not like to be in the spotlight and ovations at times made him feel uncomfortable.[3] His performance for the Breslau XI in 1937 was the pinnacle of his career. In 1938 his level suddenly dropped inexplicably, so that he was not starting in the 1938 World Cup. A year later he died of a pleurisy aged 27.

In his 1978 book Fussball, Helmut Schön characterised Siffling as follows:

"As a center forward he was not a tank but a playing center forward who still was enormously dangerous in front of the goal; in the famous game in Breslau he scored five goals. He was creating goals and scoring goals."

References

External links

• International career
• Otto Siffling at National-Football-Teams.com
• Otto Siffling at WorldFootball.net
• „Otto Siffling – Eine Fußball-Legende wird 100“ (German)

На других языках

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[de] Otto Siffling

Otto „Holz“ Siffling (* 3. August 1912 in Mannheim-Waldhof; † 20. Oktober 1939 in Mannheim) war ein deutscher Fußballspieler. Er spielte für den SV Waldhof Mannheim und die deutsche Nationalmannschaft, mit der er 1934 die Bronzemedaille bei der Weltmeisterschaft gewann. 1937 schoss er in einem Länderspiel fünf Tore und steht damit auf dem dritten Platz der Nationalspieler mit den meisten Toren in einem Spiel.

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- [en] Otto Siffling

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[fr] Otto Siffling

Otto Siffling est un footballeur international allemand, né le 3 août 1912 à Mannheim et mort le 20 octobre 1939.

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[it] Otto Siffling

Otto Siffling (Mannheim, 3 agosto 1912 – Mannheim, 20 ottobre 1939) è stato un calciatore tedesco, di ruolo attaccante.

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[ru] Зиффлинг, Отто

О́тто Зи́ффлинг (нем. Otto Siffling; 3 августа 1912[1], Мангейм, Великое герцогство Баден — 20 октября 1939, Мангейм, Республика Баден) — немецкий футболист. Зиффлинг играл за мангеймский футбольный клуб Вальдхоф и за национальную сборную, с которой стал бронзовым медалистом на Чемпионате мира 1934 года.

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