Mr. Helmuth Fluehe
1912 -
Inducted 1999
A.C. Germania
Born February 19, 1912 in Einbeck, Germany, Helmuth played soccer as a young boy in school and continued on in the junior leagues as a young man. At the age of 17 (1929) Helmuth immigrated to the United States and came directly to Salt Lake City. One hour after his arrival Helmuth was playing in his first game for A.C. Germania. He scored the game's only goal beating the Caledonia Soccer Club 1:0. Helmuth continued his soccer career playing the following seven years with A.C. Germania. The next four years Helmuth played for the Vikings Soccer Club and the Salt Lake Callies, but then returned to A.C. Germania where he completed his twenty-three-year soccer career in 1952. In his many memories of the game he recalls playing games against the "Benders," a team comprising of prisoners from the Utah State Prison located in what is now Sugarhouse Park. The Benders always got home games. He also remembers not having the luxury of grass fields. Games were played on gravel fields or black top, causing many injuries.
