Hans Kalb

Hans Kalb (3 August 1899 – 5 April 1945) was a German international footballer.^[1][2]

Hans Kalb

Harry Dénis, Albert Prince-Cox & Hans Kalb (1927)
Personal information
Date of birth	(1899-08-03)3 August 1899
Place of birth	Nuremberg, Germany
Date of death	5 April 1945(1945-04-05) (aged 45)
Position(s)	Defender
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
1917–1933	1. FC Nürnberg
International career
1920–1928	Germany	15	(2)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

International career

The 1. FC Nürnberg player won 15 caps (two goals) for Germany.^[3] Kalb was sent off in the match against Uruguay at the 1928 Olympic Games for a deliberate foul against Uruguayan goal scorer Pedro Petrone.^[4] Uruguay won the game 4-1, and Kalb received a one year ban from the German Football Association, which ended his international career.^[5]

Personal life

In the First World War he served as an artilleryman in the German Army.^[2]

Outside football, Kalb was a dental surgeon who practised in Nuremberg. He died from an infection contracted in surgery.^[2]