{{short description|Polish association football manager}} {{Infobox football biography | name = Ferdinand Fritsch | fullname = Ferdinand Fritsch | image = | image_size = | birth_date = {{birth date|1898|3|29|df=yes}} | birth_place = Hrabětice, Austria-Hungary | death_place = Vienna, Austria death date 1966/1967 aged 68 | height = | position = | currentclub = | manageryears1 = 1950 | managerclubs1 = Arka Gdynia | manageryears2 = 1953 | managerclubs2 = Lechia Gdańsk | manageryears3 = 1960–1962 | managerclubs3 = Grazer AK }}
'''Ferdinand Fritsch''' (29 March 1898 - 1966/67) was an Austrian football manager.
==Football==
Fritsch's first known job in football was with Arka Gdynia in 1950.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.arka.gdynia.pl/index.php?typ=podstrona&id=41|title=Klub Trenerzy|website=arka.gdynia.pl}}</ref> Fritsch joined Arka's rivals Lechia Gdańsk in 1953,<ref>{{cite web|url=http://lechia.pl/trenerzy-27|title=Trenerzy|website=lechia.pl|access-date=2019-04-07|archive-date=2019-07-29|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190729144859/http://www.lechia.pl/trenerzy-27|url-status=dead}}</ref> taking up the role while they were in the top flight of Polish football. His time at Lechia was unsuccessful with the team only winning 2 of his 18 games in charge.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://sport.trojmiasto.pl/Moniz-wytrwa-dluzej-niz-Czech-Austriak-i-Wegier-Lechia-Gdansk-n78335.html|title=Zagraniczni trenerzy Lechii mieli fatalne wyniki|website=sport.trojmiasto.pl}}</ref> From leaving Lechia in 1953, Fritsch's next documented job was with Grazer AK in Austria in 1960 before leaving the role in 1962.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://austria-forum.org/af/AustriaWiki/Grazer_AK|title=Grazer AK|website=austria-forum.org}}</ref>
==Death==
Little is known about Fritsch's death, only that he died aged 68 in Vienna, Austria.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://lechia.net/historia/klub/mecze-lechii-od-1945/staff/115-195354-pp/1-lechia-gdask/2615-ferdynand-fritsch/|title=Ferdinand Fritsch|website=lechia.net}}</ref> This places his year of death in either 1966 or 1967.
== References ==
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{{Lechia Gdańsk managers}} {{Grazer AK managers}}
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