Fritz Laband

Fritz Laband was a German footballer who played as a defender.
He was part of the Germany national [football team|West Germany national team] that won the 1954 [FIFA World Cup]. In total he earned four caps for West Germany. During his club career he played for FC [Anker Wismar], Hamburger SV and Werder Bremen.
His standard position being that of a right full back, Laband was a thorough-going and powerful player with good long range passing ability. With his international debut coming less than two months before the 1954 FIFA [World Cup], he managed to play in three of Germany's six games at that tournament. For the semi-final and the final, coach Sepp Herberger however decided to move his Hamburg club teammate Josef Posipal to the right back position.