Alfred Eisenbeisser (Romanian: Alfred "Fredi" Fieraru) (7 April 1908 in Cernăuţi, Austria-Hungary (now in Ukraine) - 1 July 1991 in Berlin, Germany) was a Romanian football player and figure skater of German ethnicity. As a footballer, he played for Romania at 1930 FIFA World Cup,[2] while as a figure skater he participated at the 1936 Winter Olympic Games.[3]
| Personal information | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Full name | Alfred Eisenbeisser | ||
| Date of birth | 7 April 1908 | ||
| Place of birth | Chernivtsi, Austria-Hungary (now Ukraine) | ||
| Date of death | 1 July 1991 (aged 83) | ||
| Place of death | Berlin, Germany | ||
| Position(s) | Midfielder | ||
| Youth career | |||
| 1923–1928 | Jahn Cernăuți | ||
| Senior career* | |||
| Years | Team | Apps | (Gls) |
| 1928–1930 | Jahn Cernăuți | ||
| 1930–1932 | Dragoș Vodă Cernăuți | ||
| 1932–1944 | Venus București | 114 | (16) |
| International career | |||
| 1930–1939 | Romania[1] | 9 | (0) |
| *Club domestic league appearances and goals | |||
Career edit
Football edit
Alfred Eisenbeisser started his career at Jahn Cernăuţi. In 1930, he joined another team from Cernăuţi, Dragoş Vodă, and shortly after he was selected in the Romania squad for the 1930 FIFA World Cup.[4] He made his debut for the Romania national football team at the tournament, playing in the two matches against Peru and Uruguay.[5][6]
On the trip back to Romania, he nearly died because of pneumonia, after having a bath with cold water.[4] When the ship arrived to Genoa, Italy, he was interned in a sanatory. The Romanian staff called also a priest to make a Eucharist service, because his condition was critical.[6][7]
When the Romanian players returned in the country, they announced Alfred's death. However, he recovered and returned home, exactly when his mother was preparing the funeral repast. She fainted when she saw her son alive.[8]
After playing two years for Dragoș Vodă Cernăuți, he moved to Venus București. He made his debut in October 1932, against CA Oradea. In his second of the ten seasons spent as a Venus player, he won his first Divizia A champion title. He won another two championships in 1937 and 1939.[4][9]
He retired from his footballing career in 1944.
Figure skating edit
Alfred was also a successful figure skater. At the 1934 European Figure Skating Championships, he and his partner Irina Timcic finished seventh in the mixed pair events.[6][4]
Again with Irina Timcic, he took part at the 1936 Winter Olympics, finishing 13th. His last major figure skating competition was the mixed pair event at the 1939 European Championships, when he and his partner Ileana Moldovan finished 9th.[4][6][10]
Achievements edit
Football edit
- Venus București
Figure skating edit
- European Figure Skating Championship : 7th (1934 - with Irina Timcic), 9th (1939 - with Ileana Moldovan)[6]
- Winter Olympic Games : 13th (1936 - with Irina Timcic)[6]
See also edit
References and notes edit
- ^ Evidence of Alfred Eisenbeisser's appearances for Romania national football team Archived 10 February 2012 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ fifa.com
- ^ An article about 1936 Winter Olympic Games
- ^ a b c d e "Alfred Eisenbeisser to Bondoc Ionescu-Crum: Romanian legends who excelled in multiple sports". Fifa.com. 15 May 2023. Retrieved 1 July 2023.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: archived copy as title (link) - ^ a b c d e f "Alfred Eisenbeisser, fotbalistul patinator din naţionala României! Participant la CM 1930 și la JO de iarnă din 1936!" [Alfred Eisenbeisser, the skater soccer player from the Romanian national team! Participant at World Cup 1930 and Winter Olympics 1936!] (in Romanian). Fanatik.ro. 27 August 2018. Retrieved 28 March 2020.
- ^ Mihai Ionescu, Mircea Tudoran, Un secol de fotbal românesc, Bucharest: Editura Sport-Turism, 1984
- ^ "The story of Eisenbeisser and his mother is told here". Archived from the original on 20 July 2018. Retrieved 19 March 2010.
- ^ a b Alfred Eisenbeisser at RomanianSoccer.ro (in Romanian)
- ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Alfred Eisenbeisser". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020.
External links edit
- Alfred Eisenbeisser at Olympics.com
- Alfred Eisenbeisser at Olympedia
- Alfred Eisenbeisser – FIFA competition record (archived)
- Alfred Eisenbeisser at National-Football-Teams.com
