Günter Sawitzki
Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Günter Sawitzki (22 November 1932[1] – 14 December 2020[2]) was a German football player.
Career
Sawitzki's performances for underdog side SV Sodingen in the then best German division caught the attention of West German coach Sepp Herberger and made Sawitzki a proposed rival to Heinz Kwiatkowski and Fritz Herkenrath for the role as Toni Turek's successor in the West German goal. Before Sawitzki left tiny Sodingen, who had finished third in Germany in 1955, to join VfB Stuttgart in 1956, he had already played in two games for West Germany. Sawitzki's biggest success as a player was winning the West German Cup in 1958 with Stuttgart.
Sticking with Bundesliga side VfB Stuttgart for the rest of his career, the goalkeeper was in the squads of West Germany at the 1958 FIFA World Cup and 1962 FIFA World Cup, although he remained reserve on both occasions. Until 1963 he won ten caps.[3]
Honours
- 1958 FIFA World Cup fourth place
References
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- 1932 births
- 2020 deaths
- German men's footballers
- Germany men's international footballers
- Germany men's B international footballers
- VfB Stuttgart players
- VfB Stuttgart II players
- Bundesliga players
- 1958 FIFA World Cup players
- 1962 FIFA World Cup players
- Men's association football goalkeepers
- Footballers from Herne, North Rhine-Westphalia
- West German men's footballers
- Sportspeople from the Province of Westphalia