In 2020 the club took action to remove his posthumous titles due to his association with the Nazis.

He also made 22 international appearances for Germany between 1931 and 1936,[1] achieving third place at the 1934 World Cup in Italy.

In 1945 he was arrested and held by the American forces in Frankfurt in 1947, because he was suspected of having been involved in war crimes.

In 1959 Eintracht won its only German championship and the following year reached the European Cup final, losing 7–3 to Spain's Real Madrid.

In 2020, Eintracht Frankfurt stripped Gramlich of his posthumous title of honorary president for his active participation in the Nazi Party and the SS.