Erich Deuser

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Erich Deuser (right, bottom row) with the German national team after winning the 1974 World Cup in Munich
Erich Deuser (2nd from right, top row) with the German national team at the training camp at the Malente sports school (1965)

Erich Deuser (born July 2, 1910 in Düsseldorf ; † June 29, 1993 ibid) was a German physiotherapist .

Career

Deuser obtained his state diploma as a massage therapist in 1931 . In this role he first worked at Fortuna Düsseldorf . In 1951 Sepp Herberger brought him to the German national soccer team , for which he worked until 1982. He also looked after athletes from various associations at the Olympic Games from 1952 to 1976. At the 1970 World Cup finals , Deuser went down in World Cup history when he was the first (and only at the 1970 World Cup) to see the red card introduced for this tournament for a field expulsion, as he was in the game of the German national team against Peru without the permission of the The referee walked onto the field of play for injury treatment.

Deuser was one of the pioneers in the use of elastic bands in training and rehabilitation . The Deuser-Band , which was developed by the Hildesheim manufacturer Heinrich Deike and patented under patent no. 1949617, was named after him. He has also written numerous books on health topics. A street in Cologne is named after him.

Individual evidence

  1. a b Kicker Sportmagazin No. 55, p. 15 of July 8, 1993
  2. dfb.de: "World Cup 1970: Game of the Century in the Height of Mexico" (accessed on October 29, 2018)
  3. Berliner Morgenpost ( memento of September 30, 2007 in the Internet Archive ), July 15, 2006