Hans Klodt was a German football player. He was the older brother of Bernhard Klodt

Bernhard Klodt

Bernhard "Berni" Klodt was a German football player. He was born in Gelsenkirchen-Bismarck; the goalkeeper Hans Klodt was his brother....

. He was born in Gelsenkirchen

Gelsenkirchen

Gelsenkirchen is a city in North Rhine-Westphalia, Germany. It is located in the northern part of the Ruhr area. Its population in 2006 was c. 267,000....

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Like his brother he played for FC Schalke 04

FC Schalke 04

Fußball-Club Gelsenkirchen-Schalke 04, commonly known as simply FC Schalke 04 or Schalke , is a German, association-football club originally from the Schalke district of Gelsenkirchen, North Rhine-Westphalia. Schalke has long been one of the most popular football teams in Germany, even though major...

 where between 1936 and 1948 he stood in goal. In 1937 he won German Bundesliga

Fußball-Bundesliga

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 as well as Tschammer Cup

DFB-Pokal

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. In 1942 and 1943, he was replaced by Heinz Flotho due to a war injury, and thus missed winning the championship in 1942.

His career began not at Schalke 04 but at BV Gelsenkirchen. In 1948, he left Schalke for Beckum

Beckum

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, where he played until 1955.

Between 1938 and 1941 he made a total of 17 appearances for the German National team.