Rudolf Gramlich


Rudolf "Rudi" Gramlich was a German football player and chairman.
As an active player he performed for Eintracht Frankfurt. Gramlich made 22 international appearances for Germany between 1931 and 1936, achieving third place at the 1934 World Cup in Italy. He was the captain of the German team at the 1936 Olympic Games in Berlin.
From 1939 to 1942 and between 1955 and 1970 he was the chairman of Eintracht Frankfurt. In 1959 Eintracht won its only German championship and reached the European Cup final in the following year.
In 2020, he was stripped of the title of honorary president of Eintracht Frankfurt when it was discovered he had actively participated in the Nazi Party and the SS.