Arnold Schütz

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Arnold "Pico" Schütz (born January 19, 1935 in Bremen ; † April 14, 2015 there ) was a German football player . He won as a player of SV Werder Bremen in 1961 the German Cup and in the second season of Bundesliga , 1964/65 , the championship .

career

Oberliga Nord, 1955 to 1963

In the district Walle grew up, developed at the local TuS Walle the son of the former Bremer selection player Heinrich Schütz already in youth at the Blue-Whites into an outstanding player. In 1952 the player called "Pico" became Bremen city champion and cup winner with the Waller Juniors. After promotion to the Bremen amateur league in 1954/55, he moved to the 1955/56 round for the north German league club SV Werder Bremen. Initially, he received a basic monthly compensation of DM 120.00 net and a performance bonus of DM 10.00 per game. Under coach Fred Schulz , the shooter , who acted as an assertive and powerful center forward in the early years of his Werder career, completed all 30 rounds in his debut round in the league and scored 18 goals. Along with Willi Schröder , he immediately became the second best goalscorer at SV Werder. In tabular terms, things went up significantly with Werder after the involvement of the old international Georg Knöpfle as a coach from the round 1958/59. From 1959 to 1963, Schütz and his teammates finished five times the top division round in the north in the runner-up position behind the series champion Hamburger SV . Overall, the all-rounder, who also played in midfield (outside runner and half forward) and as a center runner, played 219 games in the Oberliga Nord from 1955 to 1963 and scored 109 goals. In the finals of the German soccer championship, Schütz scored 13 goals in 21 games for Werder in the matches against the top teams from the south, southwest, west and Berlin from 1959 to 1963.

In the Oberliga era, the success in the 1960/61 series in the DFB Cup stands out. Werder eliminated 1. FC Saarbrücken , 1. FC Köln and Karlsruher SC in the semifinals and then moved into the final on September 13, 1961 in Gelsenkirchen against 1. FC Kaiserslautern . With the defensive formation Kokartis (goal), Piontek , Nachtwey (defender) and the runner row with Schimeczek , Schütz and Jagielski , the offensive of the Betzenberg- Elf was kept in check and the cup was brought to Bremen with a 2-0. "Pico" Schütz had scored 22 hits in the top division round in 1960/61, but consistently played the central role in the 1961/62 series. As a cup winner, Schütz and his Werder colleagues took part in the 1961/62 European Cup winners' cup competition and played in the four games against Aarhus GF and the eventual cup winner Atlético Madrid . Schütz represented North Germany in the games against South Germany (April 12, 1959), South-West Germany (March 19, 1960), West Germany (December 18, 1960) and during the Bundesliga time on September 30, 1969 in Kiel against Jutland .

Between 1955 and 1972, the club legend wore the Werder jersey 826 times.

Bundesliga, 1963 to 1972

In the first round of the newly created Bundesliga, 1963/64 , Werder Bremen took tenth place with the new coach Willi Multhaup . Schütz had completed all 30 rounds (16 teams) and scored 11 goals. Thanks to the successful performance with the first-class matching newcomers Horst-Dieter Höttges , Klaus Matischak , Heinz Steinmann and Hans Schulz from their own amateur team, Werder surprisingly developed into a top team in the second Bundesliga year of 1964/65 . After the first half of the season, Bremen led the table with 20:10 - tied with defending champion 1. FC Köln. With 1860 Munich , 1. FC Nürnberg and Eintracht Frankfurt followed three competitors with 17:13 points each. The team from coach Multhaup had conceded 17 goals in 15 first round matches , the Cologne championship team against 27. In addition to his all-rounder qualities, captain Schütz proved himself as a powerful long-distance shooter - ten goals - and acted as the orderly and directional "right hand" for the coach As the green-whites proved their constancy in the second half of the season with 21: 9 points - only one defeat and seven draws - Bremen won the German team with a goal difference of 54:29 goals by three points over 1. FC Köln Championship 1965.

In the year of the football world championship in England in 1966, Schütz and colleagues failed to defend their title by reaching fourth place behind 1860 Munich (champions), Borussia Dortmund and Bayern Munich . Personally, however, "Pico" achieved a rate well above average for a midfielder in 23 league games with 20 goals scored. In the 5-2 success on April 2, 1966 against Borussia Neunkirchen , he distinguished himself as a four-time goalscorer. In the European Masters Cup he failed with Werder at the later finalists FK Partizan Belgrade . Schütz gave Werder a 1-0 lead in the 33rd minute in the second leg at the Weserstadion, but the outstanding Partizan goalkeeper Milutin Šoškić prevented further goals. In the 82nd minute, Schütz was sent off. With coach Fritz Langner , Werder placed at the top of the table again in 1967/68, Bremen reached the runner-up. The 33-year-old veteran was there as head of defense in 30 games on the field and scored two goals. With all discipline and his own fighting strength and attitude, he could not prevent his club from falling in the table in the next few years. At the age of 36, he had played all 34 league games in the 1970/71 season under coach Robert Gebhardt . When the Werder guide for round 1971/72 with the new items Peter Dietrich , Herbert Laumen (both Borussia Mönchengladbach), Willi Neuberger , Werner Weist (both Borussia Dortmund), Jürgen Weber (Hertha BSC) and Carsten Baumann from VfL Osnabrück on the Having served the transfer market and hoping for better sporting times, Schütz was again on the field in 15 games with three goals for Werder. The hopes of a round in the top group of the Bundesliga could not be realized, Werder landed in the last round of the man from Walle in eleventh place and had to survive some turbulence. The overburdened coach Robert Gebhardt was dismissed on September 26, 1971, the retiree Willi Multhaup bridged until October 24, before the newcomer Josef Piontek filled the position until May 7, 1972 and was replaced by Fritz Langner from May 8, 1972 has been. The later honorary captain played the last Bundesliga game on June 3, 1972 in the 2-2 draw in the Niederrheinstadion against Rot-Weiß Oberhausen.

From 1963 to 1972 "Pico" Schütz was in the Bundesliga with 253 games and 69 goals. In the early years of the Oberliga Nord, he mostly acted as a center forward, over time he had developed into a versatile all-rounder who pulled the strings in midfield, directed the defensive as a center runner or cleaner, at the same time scored goals and also as a free kick and penalty kick specialist (19 converted penalties in the Bundesliga) was valid. The honorary captain, who lives in Worpswede with his wife, practiced a civilian profession as a damage inspector for an insurance company throughout his active career as a footballer in the highest performance range in the port.

Next to the square

In addition to his professional career, Schütz worked as a Küper. Pico Schütz was married for over 50 years and had a son and a daughter. In November 2006, Schütz successfully removed a tumor from the jaw at the Bremen-Mitte Clinic. The honorary captain of Werder Bremen celebrated his 75th birthday on January 19, 2010 as part of a reception organized by the club in the Weser Stadium. Managing Director Klaus-Dieter Fischer gave the laudation. Schütz died in 2015 at the age of 80. He was buried in Worpswede . On February 7, 2020, the "Pico-Schütz-Platz" was inaugurated in his honor in the Osterfeuerberg district of Bremen.

literature

  • Hardy Grüne , Lorenz Knieriem: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 8: Player Lexicon 1890–1963. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-89784-148-7 .
  • Kropp / Schweer: Germany's great soccer teams, part 6: Werder Bremen . AGON Sportverlag, 1994, ISBN 3-928562-52-5 .
  • Matthias Weinrich, Hardy Greens: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 6: German Cup history since 1935. Pictures, statistics, stories, constellations. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2000, ISBN 3-89784-146-0 .
  • Matthias Weinrich: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 3: 35 years of the Bundesliga. Part 1. The founding years 1963–1975. Stories, pictures, constellations, tables. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1998, ISBN 3-89784-132-0 .
  • Jens Reimer Prüß (Ed.): Bung bottle with flat pass cork. The history of the Oberliga Nord 1947–1963. Klartext, Essen 1991, ISBN 3-88474-463-1 .
  • Ulrich Merk, André Schulin: Bundesliga chronicle 1964/65. Volume 2: Werder's surprise coup. AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 2004, ISBN 3-89784-084-7 .
  • Hans-Otto Busche / Heinz Fricke: The big Werder book, football - history and stories . Edited by SV Werder Bremen, pp. 89–92, without ISBN.

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Contract between SV Werder from 1899 e. V. and Arnold Schütz from July 1955 in: Hans-Otto Busche / Heinz Fricke, Das Große Werderbuch, Football History and Stories, p. 91.
  2. ↑ Werder legend "Pico" Schütz turns 80: Beer and cigarettes only until Wednesday , weser-kurier.de, January 18, 2015
  3. ↑ a b Werder Idol: Arnold "Pico" Schütz turns 80 , welt.de, January 18, 2015
  4. ↑ Back after a serious illness: Pico Schütz speaks in BILD , bild.de, February 13, 2009
  5. ^ Pico Schütz: From the life of a Werder legend , weser-kurier.de, April 14, 2015
  6. ↑ Werder legend Pico Schütz is buried , weser-kurier.de, April 24, 2015
  7. ↑ Honor for Werder legend , on the website of Weser-Kurier.de, accessed on February 9, 2020
personal data
SURNAME Schütz, Arnold
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Contactor, Pico
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 19, 1935
PLACE OF BIRTH Bremen
DATE OF DEATH April 14, 2015
Place of death Bremen