Karl Wald (17 February 1916 in Frankfurt am Main – 26 July 2011 in Penzberg) was a German football referee .
Life
In 2006, Deutsche Presse-Agentur reported a claim by former football referee Karl Wald, from Frankfurt am Main, that he had first proposed the shoot-out in 1970 to the Bavarian FA. Wald was married and had two daughters.
References
- Hollmann, Christian (30 June 2006). "Karl Wald: Der Vater des Elfmeterschießens". Stern (in German). Retrieved 13 July 2010.
External links
- Karl Wald website (in German)
- Interview with inventor Wald (in German) (archived link, 22 June 2007)
- Karl Wald died (in German), news on Bavarian Football association's website Archived 10 February 2013 at archive.today