Albert Felgenhauer

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Albert "Jonny" Felgenhauer (born June 10, 1922 in Hamburg ; † May 25, 2002 ) was a German football player who played several hundred games as a goalkeeper for VfB Lübeck between 1944 and 1962, including 215 in the Oberliga Nord from 1947 to 1961 has denied.

Albert Felgenhauer, who comes from the Hamburg district of Harburg , lived in Berlin-Charlottenburg until he moved to Lübeck together with Max Hoppe as a member of the naval unit in 1944 due to the war . The full-time police officer found his new sporting home there with the SG Ordnungspolizei Lübeck . After the end of the war, this team was banned by the British. Felgenhauer was then instrumental in founding VfB Lübeck, which also consisted of the old players of the SG Ordnungspolizei. From then on, he played in over 600 games for VfB Lübeck, which during this time commuted between the first-class Oberliga Nord and the second-class amateur league Schleswig-Holstein, and during his time at VfB earned the reputation of a “goalkeeper legend”.

During his time at VfB, Felgenhauer worked as a traffic policeman in Lübeck and enjoyed great popularity in the city of Lübeck.

Felgenhauer scored goals for VfB in both the Oberliga Nord and the amateur league Schleswig-Holstein. Due to his involvement in the founding of VfB and his achievements as a goalkeeper, he is considered one of the most important people in the club's history. Albert Felgenhauer played his last game for VfB at the age of 39. He was also the team coach for a short time in the second-rate Regionalliga Nord.

Because of his achievements, a street near the stadium on the Lohmühle was named after him. Felgenhauer died on May 25, 2002 at the age of 79.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Lorenz Knieriem, Hardy Grüne : Spiellexikon 1890 - 1963 . In: Encyclopedia of German League Football . tape 8 . AGON, Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-89784-148-7 , p. 82 .
  2. ↑ Hardy Greens: Jonny Felgenhauer - the greatest VfB idol -. In: shz.de. June 11, 2012, accessed July 4, 2020 .
  3. ↑ a b Report in the Lübeckische Blätter (PDF; 9.3 MB)
  4. ↑ He scored a goal z. B. in the 1952/53 season
  5. ↑ Official notice , visited again on November 5, 2018
personal data
SURNAME Felgenhauer, Albert
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Felgenhauer, Jonny
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer goalkeeper
DATE OF BIRTH June 10, 1922
PLACE OF BIRTH Hamburg
DATE OF DEATH May 25, 2002