Dieter Kurrat

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Dieter Kurrat
Personnel
birthday May 15, 1942
place of birth Dortmund ,  Germany
date of death October 27, 2017
Place of death Holzwickede ,  Germany
size 162 cm
position midfield player
Juniors
Years station
FC Merkur 07 Dortmund
1958-1960 Borussia Dortmund
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1960-1974 Borussia Dortmund 312 (17)
1974-1988 SV Holzwickede 95 (4)
1983-1984 SV Holzwickede 1 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1960 Germany U-18 6 (0)
1965 Germany U-23 1 (0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1974 Borussia Dortmund (interim coach)
1973 SV Holzwickede (assistant coach)
1973-1978 SV Holzwickede
1982-1984 SV Holzwickede
1 Only league games are given.

Dieter "Hoppy" Kurrat (born May 15, 1942 in Dortmund ; † October 27, 2017 in Holzwickede ) was a German football player .

Life

Kurrat's father had a small haulage company in the north of Dortmund near Borsigplatz . Before his professional career, Kurrat learned the trade of wire drawer at Hoesch AG . During the first years of his football career, he worked at the Hansa brewery in Dortmund . 1959/60 he worked in the finishing shop I of Hoesch AG, Dortmund, Stahlwerkstraße.

Career

Kurrat started playing football in the youth department of FC Merkur 07 Dortmund , where his talent quickly showed. After the coach of Borussia Dortmund , Max Merkel , became aware of the 15-year-old B-Junior, Kurrat went to BVB. As an A-youth, Kurrat was appointed to six games in the youth national team of the DFB in 1960 and also took part in the UEFA youth tournament in Austria alongside other players such as Karl-Heinz Bente , Werner Ipta , Kurt Haseneder , Gerhard Elfert and Stefan Reisch . He switched to professionals at the age of 18 after his mother signed the professional contract. The young talent made his debut on October 9, 1960 in the away game against Hamborn 07 (1: 1) in what was then the first-class football league West . As a right runner, he formed the BVB runner row with Alfred Kelbassa and Helmut Bracht in the World Cup system that was played at the time. Dortmund was runner-up in 1960/61 and Kurrat had scored two goals in 15 league appearances. In the group stage in the final round of the German soccer championship, the Westphalia played their way into the final. In the 3-0 defeat against 1. FC Nürnberg, Kurrat was again used as the right wing runner.

Kurrat played for Borussia Dortmund from 1956 to 1974 and was used in midfield and defense. He played 612 times for Borussia, including 247 first division games, and scored nine goals there. In the German national soccer team he came on June 25, 1965 on a deployment in the U-23 junior team of the DFB. He was also used six times in the DFB youth team.

He was popular in Dortmund both because of his big fighter heart and because of his small body size: At 1.62 m he is the smallest player in the history of the Bundesliga. National coach Helmut Schön is said to have said about him that if he were a head taller, he could have achieved a regular place in the national team.

In all of BVB's major successes from 1960 to 1966, Kurrat was a regular player. In 1963 he scored 1-0 in the final of the German championship against 1. FC Köln . Between 1971 and 1974, Kurrat was also the team captain. Well paid professional contracts with Hertha BSC and Atalanta Bergamo rejected Kurrat out of loyalty to the club.

When Borussia was relegated in 1972, “Hoppy” was the last active European Cup winner for Borussia . In 1974 he took over Borussia as a coach at short notice and after the season he switched to SV Holzwickede as a player-coach , with whom he became German amateur champion in 1976 . He coached Holzwickede between March 1973 and June 1978 and again between November 1982 and March 1984.

Kurrat was the first BVB player to have a farewell game in the Westfalenstadion . In July 1974, BVB competed against a selection of Bundesliga players. For a long time, Kurrat and connoisseurs of the scene maintained that this event was followed by at least 20,000 spectators. However, the statement says that only 12,000 visitors are said to have attended the game. Therefore, Kurrat only received 40,000 marks, although only a few months earlier he had waived a 25,000 mark loyalty bonus due to the devastating financial situation of the club.

After the career

Until 2012, Hoppy Kurrat ran a restaurant ("Hoppys Treff") in Holzwickede . He was also a member of Borussia Dortmund's council of elders until his death.

Private

"Hoppy" Kurrat was married and had two children. His younger brother Hans-Jürgen was also active as a footballer for Borussia and played a Bundesliga game in 1963/64 and one in the European Cup.

Kurrat died on October 27, 2017 after a long illness.

Nickname "Hoppy"

As a boy, Dieter Kurrat often played cowboy with his friends on the street. At that time there was the western hero Hopalong Cassidy , portrayed by actor William Lawrence Boyd , who could handle his two revolvers incredibly quickly, as fast as Kurrat with the ball. Hopalong was called " Hoppy " in the films - that's how Kurrat had his Nicknames gone.

Sporting successes

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Note in: RevierSport 37/2011, p. 32.
  2. ↑ a b Statement in: RevierSport 51/2013, p. 46 f.
  3. ↑ Welt Online : BVB legend "Hoppy" Kurrat turns 75 , May 14, 2017, accessed on October 29, 2017.
  4. ↑ Archive link ( Memento of the original dated November 9, 2016 in the Internet Archive ) Info: The archive link was inserted automatically and has not yet been checked. Please check the original and archive link according to the instructions and then remove this notice.  @1@ 2Template: Webachiv / IABot / sv-holzwickede.de
  5. ↑ Linked PDF document in the player database at schwatzgelb.de, accessed on September 26, 2012.
  6. ↑ Borussia Dortmund GmbH & Co KGaA: The smallest was the largest. Retrieved October 27, 2017 .
  7. ↑ BVB legend Hoppy Kurrat has died. Retrieved October 27, 2017 .
  8. ↑ " Borussia Dortmund's DNA, spread over 162 centimeters " in "Borussia - Das Memberermagazin", issue 108, pages 46 to 49, April 17, 2016
personal data
SURNAME Kurrat, Dieter
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Kurrat, Hoppy (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH May 15, 1942
PLACE OF BIRTH Dortmund
DATE OF DEATH October 27, 2017
Place of death Holzwickede