Alois Pledl

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Alois Pledl (born August 8, 1903 in Munich ; † July 9, 1975 ) was a German football player for TSV 1860 Munich . In the 1930/31 season he was with the lions in the final of the German soccer championship . After more than 700 games in the lion dress, he was made honorary captain at the end of his playing career in March 1938.

career

Alois Pledl, who grew up in Giesing , lost his left forearm in a domestic accident at the age of 12. After a long stay in hospital, he managed to make the transition to the Lions' league team in the following years thanks to his outstanding talent . He was first used in the White-Blue in 1924 in the Bavarian District League. When the first coach came to the lions in 1925/26 with the former national player Max Breunig , who systematically ran the soccer players' practice, Pledl, called Alisi , benefited most from the ex-national player's training concept. Previously scolded as an "eternal talent", he became the head of the team under Breunig.

In the 1926/27 round, the training work paid off, the Breunig protégés came in the district league behind 1. FC Nuremberg to the runner-up. In the final round of the South German Championship of the Second sat the white-blue before Karlsruher FV and Eintracht Frankfurt by and could with a 2: 0 victory on April 24, 1927 in Pforzheim against FSV Frankfurt for the final round of the German Qualifying football championship 1927 . The heart of the team was the runner row with the two side runners Eugen Kling and Josef Grimm and the middle runner Alois Pledl. It was described by the trade journal football as "unmatched in Germany". After successes over FC Schalke 04 (3: 1) and VfB Leipzig (3: 0), the Munich team only ended in the semi-finals against 1. FC Nürnberg. Pledl was now one of the best offensive middle runners, a brilliant ball technician and the outstanding player personality of the Lions . He played a central role as the perfect ball distributor with intelligent positional play and a great overview. He knew almost perfectly how to combine defense and attack. At the round of 1929/30, Ludwig "Pipin" Lachner from FV Gern was a talented striker for the offensive and Pledl was in the shape of his life. In the superior 6-1 victory of the Munich city selection against Berlin in December 1929, the super technician showed world-class form and was then celebrated as "the incarnate idea of ​​the football game".

In Breunig's second coaching phase (1930–1934), the 1930/31 season stood out. As the runner-up in southern Bavaria, Pledl and his 60s colleagues prevailed in the southern German finals in 14 games with 26: 2 points and 70:21 goals. The qualification for the final round of the German championship took place against Phönix Ludwigshafen . About Meidericher Spielverein (4: 1), Tennis Borussia Berlin (1: 0) and in the semifinals in Duisburg against Holstein Kiel (2: 0; Pledl had converted a penalty in the 47th minute to 1: 0 lead) the way of the Pledl-Elf in the final. On June 14, 1931, the final was unfortunately lost in Cologne with 2: 3 goals against defending champions Hertha BSC . Again and again Pledl had staged his attackers with magnificent templates in the exciting match.

Again in the 1932/33 round he moved his "lions" into the finals of the German championship. After successes against VfL Benrath (2: 0) and Beuthener SuSV (3: 0) the hurdle posed by the “upcoming” championship team of FC Schalke 04 was too high in this attempt in the semi-finals . The royal blue team around Ernst Kuzorra and Fritz Szepan prevailed with 4-0 goals and made it into the final in 1933. In the next few years, the 60s could no longer play in the concert of the great and Pledl ended his career for the first time before the 1935/36 season. Since his gap could not be closed and the team was under massive pressure to relegate, he returned to the field for the second half of the season and helped the team stay up. The 34-year-old ended his career after the 1937/38 round when Max Schäfer's first coaching year in the Gauliga Bayern reached the runner-up. At the same time his long-time teammate Josef Wendl ended his career. Alois "Alisi" Pledl was one of the greats among the lion footballers and a real Giesinger too.

With Kirn and Natan is noted:

“ One of the last attacking middle runners in the golden 20s for Munich 1860, this ball artist played his way through to the final against Hertha BSC. It will always be a mystery why he didn't make the national team. "

In 1975, Pledl died where he had spent most of his life: on the soccer field. At the age of over 70 he was still playing football with friends from the old men’s team. Also on July 9, 1975, a hot summer's day, he was standing on a side square of the training area on Grünwalder Strasse when he suddenly collapsed. The first team that was training rushed to help with coach Heinz Lucas . A short time later, however, the emergency doctor could only determine that he was dead.

literature

  • Antonöffelmeier: The "lions" under the swastika. The TSV Munich from 1860 under National Socialism. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2009, ISBN 978-3-89533-645-4 .
  • Hardy Grüne / Claus Melchior: Legends in white and blue. 100 years of football history for a traditional Munich club. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 1999, ISBN 3-89533-256-9 .
  • Hardy Grüne , Lorenz Knieriem: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 8: Player Lexicon 1890–1963. Agon-Sportverlag, Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-89784-148-7 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Antonöffelmeier, Die "Löwen" under the swastika, p. 99.
  2. ↑ Grüne / Melchior: Legends in White and Blue, p. 45.
  3. ↑ Green / Melchior: Legends in white and blue. P. 50.
  4. ^ Richard Kirn / Alex Natan: Football. Past and present, rules and terms. Ullstein Taschenbuch-Verlag, Frankfurt 1958, No. 206, p. 141.
personal data
SURNAME Pledl, Alois
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Alisi (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH August 8, 1903
PLACE OF BIRTH Munich
DATE OF DEATH July 9, 1975