Gottfried Fuchs

Gottfried Fuchs
Personal information
Full name Gottfried Erik Fuchs;
later Godfrey Fuchs
Date of birth (1889-05-03)3 May 1889
Place of birth Karlsruhe, Germany
Date of death 25 February 1972(1972-02-25) (aged 82)
Place of death Westmount, Quebec, Canada
Position(s) Forward
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1904–1906 Düsseldorfer SC 1899
1906–1914 Karlsruher FV
1914–1920 Düsseldorfer SC 1899
International career
1907–1913 Germany 6 (13)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Gottfried Erik Fuchs (3 May 1889 – 25 February 1972), 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 emigrated to Canada.