Anton Rittel, also known as Rittel (I) (date of birth unknown) was a Swiss footballer who played for FC Basel as defender or as midfielder.

Anton Rittel
Personal information
Full name Anton Rittel
Date of birth unknown
Place of birth Switzerland
Position(s) Defender, Midfielder
Senior career*
Years Team Apps (Gls)
1912–1919 FC Basel 10 (0)
*Club domestic league appearances and goals

Rittel joined Basel's first team for their 1912–13 FC Basel season under player-coach and captain Ernst Kaltenbach. Rittel played his domestic league debut for the club in the away game on 17 November 1912 as Basel were defeated 1–2 against FC Bern.[1]

Between the years 1912 and 1919 Rittel played a total of 33 games for Basel without scoring a goal. 15 of these games were in the Nationalliga A and 18 were friendly games.[2]

References

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  1. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "FC Bern - FC Basel 2:1 (1:0)". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.
  2. ^ Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. "Anton Rittel (I) - FCB-Statistik". Verein "Basler Fussballarchiv”. Retrieved 2020-11-16.

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(NB: Despite all efforts, the editors of these books and the authors in "Basler Fussballarchiv" have failed to be able to identify all the players, their date and place of birth or date and place of death, who played in the games during the early years of FC Basel)