August Klingler

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August Klingler (born February 24, 1918 in Bietigheim ; † November 23, 1944 ; killed on the Eastern Front ) was a German football player who played five games in the German national football team in 1942 .

Career

At the age of ten, Klingler made his first acquaintance with round leather. In the past, the strict father, police chief of Daxlanden / Mühlburg and already more fond of gymnastics, did not allow it. August Klingler has played football from the start of his club career at FV Daxlanden , a rural district of Karlsruhe. He went to high school in Karlsruhe and, after completing secondary school, started a banking apprenticeship at the Badische Kommunalen Landesbank.

Just turned 18, he was on April 9, 1936 in the game FV Daxlanden against Spfr. Forchheim for the first time in the first team. Although he was right-footed by nature, he could be used in all forward positions, but he had to play mostly on the left side of the attack. In the press preview of February 21, 1937 for the game between FV Daxlanden and FC Phönix Karlsruhe , the following was noted about the 19-year-old Klingler: “The spirit rector and center forward of the team is still young, but still owns today already have the necessary combat experience for such games. A universally feared goalscorer. Has a sophisticated technique and extremely imaginative game, paired with a strong shooting ability. ” He has already attracted national attention through representative games for the Baden district, southwest Germany against Italy B and in a German selection against Bavaria as part of the Bavarian Gaufest in Schweinfurt made. In the 1938/39 round he managed the feat of scoring 58 goals from 65 goals in 20 games by FV Daxlanden. His participation in the course for young players in Duisburg from July 31 to August 9, 1939 under the direction of Reich trainer Sepp Herberger was no longer a surprise. Eminent speed and placed shots from 20 to 30 meters were his trump cards. Even back then, in his early days, the young Daxlander was compared with the famous Worms "Seppl" Fath (13 international matches from 1934 to 1938). In the 1941/42 season his hometown club was promoted to the Gauliga Baden. In the promotion round, Daxlanden prevailed against VfR Pforzheim , SV 98 Schwetzingen , VfB 05 Knielingen , SG Heidelberg-Kirchheim and Mannheim-Käfertal. He played the promotion game against SV Schwetzingen on August 30, 1942, after his national team debut against Romania, when he was on vacation in Daxlanden and also became engaged to his future wife Erna Moos on August 26.

As a footballer, the strong-shot striker experienced his sporting climax in the months of August to November in 1942 when he played in the national team under Reich coach Sepp Herberger. On August 16, he made his debut in a 7-0 win over Romania . This was followed seamlessly on September 20th against Sweden (2: 3), on October 18 against Switzerland (5: 3), on November 1st against Croatia (5: 1) and on November 22nd at 5: 2 against Slovakia . August Klingler scored six goals in his five international appearances; he was successful three times against Slovakia alone. Due to the consequences of the Second World War , the national team had an international break until November 22, 1950 after the game on November 22, 1942.

In the Gauliga round of 1942/43 he was only able to work sporadically with his parent club FV Daxlanden, as he was through Reich labor service and Wehrmacht deployments in Achern, Copenhagen, Breslau and Mulhouse / Els. was mostly no longer in the home parish. Nevertheless, the “blue-blacks” were able to win the class against VfR Mannheim , SV Waldhof Mannheim , VfL Neckarau , FC Phönix Karlsruhe, VfB Mühlburg , Freiburg FC , 1. FC Pforzheim , FC Rastatt 04 and ASV Feudenheim .

Guest player

Guest players in the later years of the war were footballers who were assigned to changing military locations and were allowed to play competitive games there with a special DFB permit for a club other than their home club.

From May 10, 1943, August Klingler was eligible to play for Breslauer SpVgg 02 as a guest player. Teammates in the games in the Sportgau Lower Silesia for the “ Tschammer Cup ” were the national players Ernst Plener and Reinhard Schaletzki , both of whom were regular members of VfR Gleiwitz. After winning the cup in Lower Silesia, the Breslau team only stopped the eventual cup winner Vienna in the 5-6 defeat on September 19, 1943 in Vienna. Despite his three goals, Klingler had not been able to prevent the elimination.

The second guest player time he then played from November 21, 1943 in Sportgau Alsace for the local FC Mulhouse . He won the championship with FC and contributed 32 goals. In the following games for the German championship in 1944, they jumped the Offenbacher Kickers hurdle on April 16 with a 4-2 win (2 goals from Klingler), but then failed on May 7 at KSG Saarbrücken with a score of 3-5.

Stations

  • 1935 to 1943: FV Daxlanden
  • 1943: Breslauer SpVgg 02
  • 1943 to 1944: FC Mulhouse

Statements about August Klingler

  • In the book by Fritz Walter , "11 Rote Jäger" from the Copress publishing house, you can read:

“I was deeply affected by his death. I was there at all five international matches that August was called to play. Herberger and we all considered the Klingler coming from Daxlanden near Karlsruhe to be one of the most promising talents in German football. He was a great left winger. "

  • In a ranking of German football at the beginning of 1943 in the " Football Week ", Klingler was listed as number 1 on the left wing.
  • KICKER, No. 33 of August 18, 1942, Special Rapporteur Otto Nerz after the international match against Romania on August 16:

Klingler (Karlsruhe-Daxlanden) is without a doubt an asset for the national team. He is technically brilliant and knows how to outplay his opponent very well. His shot is excellent. For me, Klingler's goal was the most beautiful goal of the day, which means a lot with seven goals. Some of the way he plays is reminiscent of Fath, but he is harder and his shot is more powerful. Today he didn't succeed as a newcomer, but I think the man has a future in the national team. He lives up to his name; when he gets to the shot, it “rings”.

  • KICKER, No. 34 from August 25, 1942

"The new German striker star", August Klingler from FV Daxlanden

  • KICKER, balance sheet for 1942, Otto Nerz

"August Klingler, the big win of the year"

Honor

The "August Klingler Stadium" named after Klingler

On Sunday, June 15, 1958, the “August Klingler Stadium” of FV Daxlanden was inaugurated with a friendly match against VfL Neustadt in the presence of Karlsruhe's Lord Mayor Günther Klotz , August Klingler's widow and 14-year-old son Harald.

literature

  • Jürgen Bitter : Germany's national soccer player: the lexicon . SVB Sportverlag, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00749-0 .
  • Klaus Querengässer: The German football championship. Part 1: 1903-1945 (= AGON Sportverlag statistics. Vol. 28). AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1997, ISBN 3-89609-106-9 .
  • Klaus Querengässer: The German football championship. Part 2: 1948–1963 (= AGON Sportverlag statistics. Vol. 29). AGON Sportverlag, Kassel 1997, ISBN 3-89609-107-7 .
  • 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 .
  • unpublished documents of the son Harald Klingler

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ^ Matthias Arnhold: August Klingler - Goals in International Matches . RSSSF . March 9, 2017. Retrieved March 27, 2017.
personal data
SURNAME Klingler, August
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH February 24, 1918
PLACE OF BIRTH Bietigheim
DATE OF DEATH November 23, 1944