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Paul Janes

German footballer (1912-1987)

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Born
March 11, 1912
Died
June 12, 1987
Zodiac sign
Pisces
Birth year
1912

About Paul Janes

Paul Janes (11 March 1912 – 12 June 1987) was a German football player. He earned 71 caps and scored seven goals for the Germany national team from 1932 to 1942, and played in two World Cups: 1934 and 1938. Janes was a member of the Breslau Eleven that beat Denmark 8–0 in Breslau in 1937 and went on to win ten out 11 games played during that year. The DFB lists him in the top 20 best German footballers of all time. One of the best full backs of his era, Paul Janes established a record for most German caps which was not broken until 1970. Despite his age of 38, Janes almost would have had a comeback for Germany in the first international game after World War II in 1950, but he broke his foot shortly before and thus had to finish his career for good. During the latter half of the 1930s, Germany possessed one of the strongest full back pairings in European football with Paul Janes on the right and Reinhold Münzenberg on the left side.

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Paul Janes timeline

  1. Paul Janes (11 March 1912 – 12 June 1987) was a German football player.
  2. He earned 71 caps and scored seven goals for the Germany national team from 1932 to 1942, and played in two World Cups: 1934 and 1938.
  3. Despite his age of 38, Janes almost would have had a comeback for Germany in the first international game after World War II in 1950, but he broke his foot shortly before and thus had to finish his career for good.
  4. One of the best full backs of his era, Paul Janes established a record for most German caps which was not broken until 1970.

The world when Paul Janes was born

Paul Janes was born in 1912. The year snapshot below places that birthday in its cultural and historical setting: the music and films people were following, the headlines shaping public life, and the everyday prices families encountered.

Culture in 1912

  • Best-selling book"The Harvester" – Gene Stratton-Porter

Headlines and milestones

  • Major sports momentJim Thorpe wins two gold medals at the Stockholm Olympics
  • Top headlineRMS Titanic sinks on maiden voyage — 1,500+ die
  • Technology milestoneFirst parachute jump from an airplane
  • World population~1.72B

United States snapshot

  • U.S. leaderWilliam Howard Taft
  • U.S. population94.6M

1912 versus 2026

These figures put everyday life in Paul Janes's birth year beside the site's latest United States snapshot.

Measure19122026
Population94.6M341 million

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