Erich Leibenguth

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Erich Leibenguth (born March 31, 1917 in Wellesweiler ; † June 2, 2005 ) was a German football player. He played first division football at Hindenburg Allenstein and VfB / Borussia Neunkirchen . He was a soccer player from the Saarland .

Born in Saarland, Leibenguth started at SV Wellesweiler, came via Borussia Neunkirchen in 1938 as a 21-year-old to the East Prussian top-class military sports club (MSV) Hindenburg Allenstein and was champion of the Gauliga East Prussia in his first season at Allenstein . In the final round of the German championship in 1939 , Leibenguth was mainly used as a left winger in all six games of the preliminary round and scored three goals. As third in the preliminary round, the Allenstein team was eliminated from the rest of the championship. After the outbreak of the Second World War , the MSV was withdrawn from the Gauliga and a civilian sports community took its place, which only played a subordinate role in the following Gaume Championships.

In preparation for an international match against Spain, Reich coach Sepp Herberger conducted a preparatory course in February 1943, to which Leibenguth was also invited. However, because of the declaration of "total war", there were no more international matches until the end of World War II.

After the end of the war, Leibenguth stayed for a few months with Düren 99 , where he had already been a guest player in the war (also with Hertha BSC ), but then returned to his home in Saarland and rejoined VfB Neunkirchen, which he had in the final phase of the 1945 season / 46 in the newly founded Oberliga Saar / Pfalz / Hessen strengthened. 1947/48 Leibenguth played his best season for the team from the Ellenfeldstadion . Of the 26 league games he played 20 games and was the top scorer of his team with 39 league goals. In 1948 the Saarland clubs were spun off from the Oberliga and had to compete in the " Saarland Honor League " until 1951 . With his striker Erich Leibenguth, VfB Neunkirchen were sovereign Saarland champions in 1948/49. The now 32-year-old Leibenguth was only used in four point games and only scored one of the champions’s 106 goals.

The autonomous Saarland maintained its own national soccer team between 1950 and 1956 . Leibenguth was a Saarland national player from 1950 to 1952 and played five of the six international matches played by the Saarlanders during this time. Until he left the national team, he was the top scorer with five goals.

For the 1951/52 season, the Neunkircher, who had since taken back their historical name Borussia, were allowed to return to the Oberliga Südwest. For Leibenguth it was also the last season in Neunkirchen, he played 20 top division games and scored eleven goals alongside teammates Werner Emser , Ewald Follmann and top scorer Gerhard Siedl with 26 goals. In his seven years in Neunkirchen he was used in 65 point games and scored 63 goals. For one season he was still active as a player-coach at TSC Zweibrücken in the 2nd Oberliga Südwest. Later he worked as a trainer for his home club SV Wellesweiler.

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Raphael Keppel: Sports and Games Publishing Edgar Hitzel, Hürth 1989, pp. 17-27, ISBN 3-9802172-3-X .
  2. ↑ Werner Skrentny (Ed.): Teufelsangst vorm Erbsenberg. The history of the Oberliga Südwest 1946–1963. Klartext, Essen 1996, ISBN 3-88474-394-5 , p. 194.

Press

  • kicker SPORTMAGAZIN: Only four players came back after the war , issue 94 of November 22, 2010.

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personal data
SURNAME Leibenguth, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH March 31, 1917
PLACE OF BIRTH Wellesweiler
DATE OF DEATH June 2, 2005