Wilhelm Burgsmüller

Wilhelm Burgsmüller
Personnel
birthday	January 18, 1932
place of birth	Dortmund ,  German Empire
position	Defense
Juniors
Years	station
0000-1951	Westfalia Huckarde
Men's
Years	station	Games (goals) 1
1951-1964	Borussia Dortmund	241 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Wilhelm Burgsmüller (born January 18, 1932 in Dortmund ) is a former German soccer player . The player, who was mostly used as a right-back in the World Cup system used at the time, played 222 league games (1 goal) in the first-class West Football League at Borussia Dortmund from 1952 to 1963 and won the German three times with BVB in 1956 , 1957 and 1963 Football championship . He represented the colors of Borussia Dortmund on the premiere day of the new Bundesliga on August 24, 1963 at the opening game at Werder Bremen. Overall, he is listed in the BVB statistics with 283 competitive games.

Career

Right full-back Willi Burgsmüller played for Borussia Dortmund from 1951 to 1965 . He had previously gained his entire youth and his first experiences in the senior sector at Westfalia Huckarde in the district class. The beginning at BVB was sluggish, it wasn't until the 1952/53 season that he made his debut in the Oberliga West: On the last round matchday, April 26, 1953, he ran in a 1-1 away draw at Meidericher SV in the league eleven Borussia Dortmund as the right wing runner on the side of Paul Koschmieder and Erich Schanko . Borussia won the West German championship, but Burgsmüller did not play in the final round of the German soccer championship. For the starting game of the round 1953/54, on August 9, 1953, again at MSV, he ran 0-0 and came in this round to 19 missions. When he scored the honorary goal for Borussia in his third league season, 1954/55, on September 5, 1954 in a 1: 3 away defeat at Bayer Leverkusen, nobody could have guessed that this would be his only goal for BVB in the next should be ten years. In 1956 and 1957 he won with Borussia under coach Helmut Schneider twice in a row, first the championship in the Oberliga West and also the German championship. In the 1960/61 season he moved into the finals again with the West German runner-up and failed under coach Max Merkel only with his teammates in the final on June 24 in Hanover against the new German champions 1. FC Nuremberg. In the last year of the old first-class league, 1962/63 , Dortmund again reached the runner-up in the Oberliga West under coach Hermann Eppenhoff . Burgsmüller had completed 27 games in the league.

In the final round, he and Lothar Geisler formed the safe final triangle in front of goalkeeper Bernhard Wessel . Outstanding were his duels with the wingers Alfred Heiß (Munich 1860), Gert Dörfel (Hamburger SV) and in the final against 1. FC Köln, against Heinz Hornig . Due to the 3-1 success he was able to add a third championship title at the end of his career, this time as captain of the team. Besides Jockel Bracht, he was the only Borussia player who was in the final team of all three championships. Burgsmüller about this time: “We lived for our club. Comradeship and enjoyment of the game were the basis for our success. "

In the 1963/64 season, Burgsmüller was still a member of the Borussia Dortmund Bundesliga squad and played 19 Bundesliga games (no goal). He was also a member of the BVB team that opened the Bundesliga chapter on August 24, 1963 at SV Werder Bremen with a 2: 3 defeat. Immediately before the start of the round, the senior moved into the cup final with Dortmund in the 1963 DFB Cup after a 2-0 home win in the semi-finals. On August 14, 1963, however, he and his teammates lost the final in Hanover 3-0 against Hamburger SV. On the 29th matchday, May 5, 1964, in a 5-2 home win against Hamburger SV, he played his last Bundesliga game.

A use in the national team intended by national coach Sepp Herberger in autumn 1956 failed because of a serious meniscus injury from Burgsmüller. In 1965, Burgsmüller was declared a sports disabled person after an ankle injury.

European Cup games

In the 1956/57 season Burgsmüller made his debut with Dortmund in the European Cup of Masters against Spora Luxemburg. He got to know great football in the following two games against Matt Busby's team , Manchester United . The next year, 1957/58, the two games against AC Milan stood out. As a senior, he experienced great performances in the 1963/64 season in the games against Lyn Oslo , Benfica Lisbon and FK Dukla Prague . In particular, the 5-0 home win on December 4, 1963 against Benfica with its duels against the strong international left winger António Simões and the 4-0 in Prague on March 4, 1964 against the Dukla team led by Josef Masopust , were highlights of his successful Career as a footballer.

After the career

The trained carpenter became magazine administrator at Stadtwerke Dortmund after his playing career. Burgsmüller played in the traditional BVB team until 1991 and also worked as a youth coach for the black and yellow team. Today Willi Burgsmüller is a member of Borussia Dortmund's council of elders.

Worth mentioning

Willi Burgsmüller is neither related nor related by marriage to his namesake Manfred Burgsmüller , who also played for BVB.

A photo of Burgsmüller achieved particular fame when he held up the championship trophy after the third championship in 1963 with a blood-soaked head bandage. The reason was a head wound that he sustained in a duel during the game.

Burgsmüller is married and lives with his wife in Dortmund.

titles and achievements

• 3 × German champions : 1955/56 , 1956/57 , 1962/63
• 1 × German runner-up : 1960/61
• 1 × DFB Cup finalist: 1963

literature

• Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling: The Borussia Dortmund Lexicon. Publishing house Die Werkstatt. Göttingen 2007. ISBN 978-3-89533-584-6 .
• Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling: The fame, the dream and the passion. The story of Borussia Dortmund. Publishing house Die Werkstatt. Göttingen 2011. ISBN 978-3-89533-810-6 .
• Lorenz Knieriem, Hardy Grüne : Player Lexicon 1890 - 1963 . In: Encyclopedia of German League Football . tape 8 . AGON, Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-89784-148-7 , p. 48 .
• Christian Karn, Reinhard Rehberg: Player Lexicon 1963–1994. Agon Sportverlag. Kassel 2012. ISBN 978-3-89784-214-4 . P. 83.

Individual evidence

1. ↑ Ulrich Merk, Andre Schulin: Bundesliga Chronicle 1963/64. Agon Sportverlag. Kassel 2004. ISBN 3-89784-083-9 . P. 33
2. ↑ Alex Feuerherdt, Heinz Novak: goals, points, players. The complete BVB statistics. Publishing house Die Werkstatt. Göttingen 2007. ISBN 978-3-89533-542-6 . P. 250
3. ↑ Dietrich Schulze-Marmeling: The fame, the dream and the passion. P. 446