Walter Berg (footballer)

Walter Alexander Johannes Berg (21 April 1916 – 12 May 1949) was a German international footballer who played as a midfielder.^[1]

Walter Berg

Personal information
Full name	Walter Alexander Johannes Berg
Date of birth	(1916-04-21)21 April 1916
Place of birth	Essen, Germany
Date of death	12 May 1949(1949-05-12) (aged 33)
Place of death	Milín, Czechoslovakia
Position(s)	Midfielder
Senior career*
Years	Team	Apps	(Gls)
–1935	SV Kray 04
1935–1939	Schalke 04
1940	Hamburger SV
1940–1944	Schalke 04
International career
1938	Germany	1	(0)
* Club domestic league appearances and goals

Personal life

Berg served as a Gefreiter (private) in the German Army during the Second World War.^[2] Captured by Soviet forces, he died in a prisoner of war camp in Czechoslovakia on 12 May 1949.^[2]