Günter Sawitzki

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Günter Sawitzki
Full name	Günter Sawitzki
Date of birth	November 22, 1932
Place of birth	????, Germany
Height	182 cm
Position	goalkeeper
Club information
Current club	retired
Youth clubs
	Rasensport 1927 Holthausen
Professional clubs*
Years	Club	Apps (goals)
1952-1956 1956-1963 1963-1971	SV Sodingen^{(OL West)} VfB Stuttgart ^{(OL Süd)} VfB Stuttgart ^(BL)	146 (0)
National team**
1956 - 1963	West Germany	10 (0)
* Professional club appearances and goals counted for the domestic league only and correct as of June 30, 1973. ** National team caps and goals correct as of June 30, 1973.

Günter Sawitzki (born November 22, 1932) is a former German football player.

Sawitzki's performances for underdog side SV Sodingen in the then best German division caught the attention of West German coach Sepp Herberger and made Sawitzki a proposed rival to Heinz Kwiatkowski and Fritz Herkenrath for the role as Toni Turek's successor in the West German goal. Before Sawitzki left tiny Sodingen, who had finished third in Germany in 1955, to join VfB Stuttgart in 1956, he had already played in two games for West Germany.

Sticking with (later) Bundesliga included VfB Stuttgart for the rest of his career, the goalkeeper was in the squads of West Germany at the 1958 FIFA World Cup & 1962 FIFA World Cup, although he remained reserve on both occasions.

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	West Germany squad - 1958 World Cup Fourth-place
1 Herkenrath \| 2 Erhardt \| 3 Juskowiak \| 4 Eckel \| 5 Wewers \| 6 Szymaniak \| 7 Stollenwerk \| 8 Rahn \| 9 Walter \| 10 Schmidt \| 11 Schäfer \| 12 Seeler \| 13 Klodt \| 14 Cieslarczyk \| 15 Kelbassa \| 16 Sturm \| 17 Schnellinger \| 18 Hoffmann \| 19 Peters \| 20 Nuber \| 21 Sawitzki \| 22 Kwiatkowski \| Coach: Herberger

	West Germany squad - 1962 World Cup Quarter-finalist
1 Tilkowski \| 2 Erhardt \| 3 Schnellinger \| 4 Schulz \| 5 Wilden \| 6 Szymaniak \| 7 Koslowski \| 8 Haller \| 9 Seeler \| 10 Brülls \| 11 Schäfer \| 12 Nowak \| 13 Kurbjuhn \| 14 Werner \| 15 Giesemann \| 16 Sturm \| 17 Kraus \| 18 Herrmann \| 19 Strehl \| 20 Vollmar \| 21 Sawitzki \| 22 Fahrian \| Coach: Herberger

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