Adolf Bechtold (20 February 1926 – 8 September 2012) was a German football player who spent his entire career with Eintracht Frankfurt. Initially training as an instrument mechanic, he joined the club's youth academy in 1938 and played there until 1942 before moving up to the senior squad. He made over 400 appearances for Frankfurt until 1960 and won the German Championship in 1959 and the South German Championship in 1953 and 1959. In the 1959-60 season, in the twilight of his career, Frankfurt reached the final of the European Cup where they were defeated by Real Madrid by a score of 7-3. Bechtold made only one appearance in that European Cup season before retiring as an honoured member and former captain of Eintracht Frankfurt.
Honours
German championship: 1958–59
European Cup: runners-up 1959–60
Oberliga Süd: 1952–53, 1958–59; runners-up 1953–54
See also
One-club man
References
Further reading
Ulrich Matheja: Schlappekicker und Himmelsstürmer. Die Geschichte von Eintracht Frankfurt. Verlag Die Werkstatt. Göttingen 2004 (4. Ed. 2017) (). Werner Raupp: Toni Turek – „Fußballgott“. Eine Biographie. Hildesheim: Arete Verlag 2019 (1., rev. Ed.) (), p. 52–58.