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Karl Wald

July 26, 2011

German

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Karl Wald was a German football referee. He is considered to be the developer of the current and worldwide official variant of the penalty shootout in football, after various variants of the penalty shootout have been carried out in official association competitions in European football since the 1950s.

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  • Anniversary · July 26

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