Otto Siffling

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Template:Short description Template:Use dmy dates Template:Infobox football biography Otto Siffling (3 August 1912 – 20 October 1939) was a German footballer who played as a forward for 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]

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 Eleven 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."

International goals

No. Date Venue Opponent Score Result Competition
1. 27 May 1934 Florence, Italy {{ Template:Yesno alias = Belgium flag alias = Flag of Belgium (civil).svg flag alias-government = Government Ensign of Belgium.svg flag alias-state = Flag of Belgium.svg flag alias-1830 = Flag of Belgium (1830).svg flag alias-1858 = Royal ensign of Belgium (1858).svg flag alias-army = Flag of the Belgian Land Component.svg link alias-army = Belgian Land Component flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Belgium.svg link alias-naval = Belgian Navy flag alias-air force = Air Force Ensign of Belgium.svg link alias-air force = Belgian Air Component flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Belgium.svg link alias-navy = Belgian Navy size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || align=center|2–2 || align=center| 5–2 || 1934 FIFA World Cup

2. 16 May 1937 Breslau, Germany {{ Template:Yesno alias = Denmark flag alias = Flag of Denmark.svg flag alias-state = Flag of Denmark (state).svg border-state = flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Denmark.svg link alias-naval = Royal Danish Navy link alias-army = Royal Danish Army flag alias-army = Flag of Denmark (state).svg link alias-air force = Royal Danish Air Force flag alias-air force = Flag of Denmark (state).svg flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Denmark.svg link alias-navy = Royal Danish Navy border-army = border-air force = border-naval = border-navy = size = name = altlink = national football team variant =

}} || align=center|2–0 || rowspan=5 align=center| 8–0 || rowspan=5| Breslau Eleven

3. 3–0
4. 4–0
5. 5–0
6. 6–0
7. 21 November 1937 Hamburg, Germany {{ Template:Yesno alias = Sweden flag alias = Flag of Sweden.svg flag alias-army = Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg flag alias-air force =Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg flag alias-1818 = Swedish and Norwegian merchant flag 1818-1844.svg flag alias-1844 = Swedish civil ensign (1844–1905).svg flag alias-1905 = Flag of Sweden (pre-1906).svg flag alias-naval = Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg flag alias-naval-1844 = Naval Ensign of Sweden (1844-1905).svg flag alias-naval-1815 = Ensign of Sweden and Norway (1815–1844).svg link alias-army = Swedish Army link alias-air force = Swedish Air Force link alias-naval = Swedish Navy flag alias-navy = Naval Ensign of Sweden.svg link alias-navy = Swedish Navy link alias-football = Sweden men's national football team border-army = border-air force = border-naval = border-navy = border-naval-1815 = border-naval-1844 = size = name = altlink = national football team altvar = football variant =

}} || align=center|1–0 || rowspan=2 align=center| 5–0 || rowspan=2| 1938 FIFA World Cup qualification

8. 4–0

References

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  2. ↑ Bitter, Jürgen. Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler, Sportverlag, 1997, p. 460.
  3. ↑ Bitter, Jürgen. Deutschlands Fußball Nationalspieler, Sportverlag, 1997, p. 461.

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External links

Template:Bundesliga top scorers Template:Germany Squad 1934 World Cup Template:Germany football squad 1936 Summer Olympics Template:Germany Squad 1938 World Cup Template:Authority control

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