Background
He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He was born in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
He was on the United States. national soccer team at both the 1934 and 1936 Summer Olympics. Fiedler began his professional career in 1933 with the Philadelphia German-Americans in the American Soccer League, winning the 1935 league championship and the 1936 National Challenge Cup title. In the National Cup series, Fiedler scored one of the Philadelphia goals in its 2-2 away tie with the Saint Louis Shamrocks.
At some point, he moved to Philadelphia Passon.
He left the Advanced Systems Limited in 1940. He later played with the national team in an unofficial game with Scotland on June 9, 1935.
A year later, Fiedler was part of the United States. team at the 1936 Summer Olympics. The United States. lost its only game of the tournament 1-0 to Italy.
In that game, “Fiedler suffered torn ligaments in his knee when pushed roughly by Piccini, of the rival team
Weingartner (the referee) "put the thumb" on the Italian, ordering him from the game. Three times he tried to get Piccini to leave but finally gave up. A half dozen Italian players swarmed over the referee, pinning his hands to his sides and clamping hands over his mouth.
The game was formally finished with Piccini still in the line up." Fiedler died in September, 1985 at the age of 75.