Alfred Preissler

Alfred Preissler
Portrait of Preißler with a championship trophy after the 1956 championship
Personnel
Surname	Alfred "Adi" Preißler
birthday	April 9, 1921
place of birth	Duisburg ,  Germany
date of death	July 15, 2003
Place of death	Duisburg,  Germany
position	Center Forward
Juniors
Years	station
0000-1939	Duisburg SC 1900
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1939-1940	Duisburger SC 1900 U19
1939-1944	Duisburg SC 1900
1944-1945	Duisburg SpV
1945-1950	Borussia Dortmund	78 (45)
1950-1952	Prussia Munster	28 (19)
1952-1959	Borussia Dortmund	211 (123)
National team
Years	selection	Games (goals)
1951	Germany	2 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years	station
1957	Hammer SpVg
1958	ASSV Letmathe
1960–1962	Borussia Neunkirchen
1962-1965	FK Pirmasens
1968-1971	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
1971-1973	Borussia Neunkirchen
1974-1975	Rot-Weiß Oberhausen
1 Only league games are given.

Alfred "Adi" Preißler (born April 9, 1921 in Duisburg ; † July 15, 2003 there ) was a German football player and coach .

Career

Alfred Preißler began his football career at Duisburger SC in 1900 . In the early 1940s he then moved to Duisburger SpV . After the end of World War II , he moved to Dortmund , where he played for Borussia Dortmund from then on . In addition to two championships ( 1956 and 1957 , previously runner-up in 1949 ), he led Borussia Dortmund to a further six West German championships. In the meantime he played for Preußen Münster , with whom he was second in the championship in 1951.

Adi Preißler was BVB captain for a long time , played 241 games in the Oberliga West and scored 145 goals. There were also 22 games (14 goals) in the finals for the German championship, ten appearances (eight goals) in the European Cup and one appearance (one goal) in the DFB Cup competition. To this day, Adi Preißler is BVB's record scorer with 168 goals. In 1949 (25 goals) and 1950 (24 goals) he was the top scorer in the Oberliga West.

The well-known Preißler quote on the August-Lenz-Haus / Borusseum

Together with Alfred Kelbassa and Alfred Niepieklo , he formed a storm trio that was feared as The Three Alfredos .

In 1951, Preißler was also used twice in the national team (against Austria and Ireland).

As a coach, Preißler led the Rot-Weiß Oberhausen team to the Bundesliga in 1969, in which the club was able to hold out for four years before relegating again in 1973 under coach Heinz Murach .

Alfred Preißler wrote: "All theory is gray in life - but what matters is in the place."

Trainer stations

• 1957 Hammer SpVg
• 1958 ASSV Letmathe
• 1960–62 Borussia Neunkirchen ; Oberliga Südwest; Master 1962
• 1962-65 FK Pirmasens ; OL SW 62/63; RL SW 63-65; 2nd place 1964
• 1965-68 Wuppertaler SV ; Regionalliga West
• 1968–71 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen ; 68/69 champions / promotion to the Bundesliga
• 1971–73 Borussia Neunkirchen: Regionalliga Südwest; Champion 1972
• 1974–75 Rot-Weiß Oberhausen; 2nd Bundesliga North

Others

In his honor, the access road to the training ground in Brackel , Adi-Preißler-Allee , was named after him.

On the matchday after Preißler's death, Dortmund fans honored him with a choreography. Preißler's picture with the championship trophy could be seen on a block flag, next to it banners with his famous football wisdom were shown.

Web links

Commons : Alfred Preißler  - Collection of images, videos and audio files

• Alfred Preißler in the weltfussball.de database

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Gerd Kolbe: A miracle storm with the "Three Alfredos". DerWesten.de . October 14, 2009, accessed on March 19, 2019.
2. ↑ Adi Preißler: BVB legend would celebrate his 90th birthday today. bvb.de. April 9, 2011, accessed March 19, 2019.
3. ↑ In conversation with ... Adi Preißler: Black and yellow are the most beautiful colors in the world! schwatzgelb.de . November 18, 2013, accessed March 19, 2019.