Walter Jestram

Walter Jestram was a German footballer who played as a Defender for BFC Germania 1888 and Berliner SV 1892 at the turn of the century.

[1][2] On 15 April 1888, Jestram, together with his brothers Paul, Max, and Fritz, and seven school friends from Askanischen Gymnasium, founded the BFC Germania 1888, the oldest football club in Germany still in existence today.

[3][4][5] There was no football pitches at the time, so BFC was the first club to play on the Tempelhofer field, where an airport would later be constructed.

[1][6] On 12 December 1898, Jestram started for a German selection in a friendly match in Paris against The White Rovers, a club team that consisted mostly of English players, helping his side to a 7–0 win in front of 580 spectators, and in the following day, they defeated a Paris XI 2–1.

[15] Six years later, on 5 March 1905, he played in another Berlin-Vienna match, this time at home, helping his side to a 3–1 win.