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The Federal Minister of Finance Olaf Scholz will present the postage stamp for Fritz Walters 100th birthday in Mainz next Thursday in the presence of the Prime Minister of Rhineland-Palatinate Malu Dreyer. The presentation will take place on October 1st 2020 at 230 p.m. in the ballroom of the State Chancellery Rhineland-Palatinate Peter-Altmeier-Allee 1 55116 Mainz.Friedrich Fritz Walter was born on October 31 1920 in Kaiserslautern as the oldest of five children. Father Ludwig is the innkeeper of the club restaurant of 1. FC Kaiserslautern FCK. Mother Dorothea is a real Berliner. His siblings are Ludwig Ottmar Sonja and Gisela. Ottmar Walter stands by Fritz Walters side in all of his great successes. The FCK team at that time is therefore often called Walter-Elf.In 1928 Fritz Walter played in a school team for the FCK for the first time. After school he does an apprenticeship as a banker. In his first international match against Romania on July 14 1940 he scored three goals. The short football career is then abruptly interrupted. From 1940 to 1945 Fritz Walter was in the Wehrmacht and then a prisoner of war. In 1948 he married Italia Bortoluzzi. In 1951 and 1953 Fritz Walter became German soccer champions with the FCK. On July 4 1954 Fritz Walter became world champion as captain of the national team. This great sporting success is of particular social importance for the still young Federal Republic of Germany. In 1958 Fritz Walter played the last of his 61 international matches. He scored 33 goals He was a captain 30 times.In the following years Fritz Walter is a successful businessman with a laundry and a cinema. He also works as a representative a football commentator and a bestselling author. He has received numerous awards including the Grand Cross of Merit and the Federal Cross of Merit with a Star the only honorary citizen of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate Order of Merit of the World Football Association FIFA . Many naming as eg Fritz Walter weather Fritz-Walter-Stadion and Fritz-Walter-school raise beyond out his role model. In 1999 the state of Rhineland-Palatinate the German Football Association and the FCK set up the Fritz Walter Foundation. The main focus of her activity is youth development and organizes large school football tournaments.Fritz Walter dies on June 17th 2002 at the age of 81 in Alsenborn. The special postage stamp and the first day cancellation were designed by Professor Heribert Birnbach from Bonn the stamp has a value of 95 cents and will be available from October 1 2020 at Deutsche Post AG sales outlets
