Fritz Herzl

Field hockey player Fritz Herzl was an Austrian team member at the 1928 Amsterdam Olympics. The team finished ninth and last in the tournament. The team lost all matches in the preliminary round, scoring only one goal, against Denmark.

Herzl started to play field hockey with VfB Wien (Vienna). He also played ice hockey with the Cottage Eislaufverein up to 1938. He emigrated as a Jew to the Unites States during World War II and took the name Frederic Otto Hart. Herzl served in the Austrian Army during World War I. When he left Austria in 1939, he was president of Autofina Finance Operations but had to give up his job. In the US he became a member of the Exchange Club, a students committee, at Mason City. He also was secretary of the Jewish Committee for more than 20 years. The family later moved to Sioux City.