Erich Meng
Erich Meng (born February 8, 1912 in Idar , † June 18, 1940 near Nancy ) was a German football player .
Career
Meng belonged to Hanover 96 from 1932 to 1939 , for which he initially played a season in the championship held by the North German Football Association in the Oberliga Südhannover-Braunschweig . From 1933 he played in the Gauliga Niedersachsen in one of initially 16 and later to 23 spiked Gauligen the era of National Socialism as a uniform top flight in the German Reich . In 1935 he won the Gaume Championship with his team, which he repeated with his team in 1938.
Due to the success he took part in the finals for the German championship. In 1935 he played five of six games in Group B ; despite ten goals from him, FC Schalke 04 , the future German champions, advanced to the semi-finals as group winners .
In 1938 he played in all six games in Group D , and entered into the on May 29 in Dresden with 3: 2 . N V. against Hamburger SV discharged semifinals used.
In the final against FC Schalke 04 in Berlin on June 26th, he forced a replay with his goal to equalize 3: 3 in the 87th minute.
This, played on July 3rd at the same place, was decided again by his late goal, the goal to 4: 3 in the 117th minute. Shortly thereafter, he graced the front page of the soccer magazine Kicker .
successes
Others
Used for military service, he fell as a soldier in World War II on June 18, 1940 on the Western Front .
Web links
- Erich Meng in the database of weltfussball.de
- Erich Meng in the database of the German Football Association
- Erich Meng on hannover96.de
Individual evidence
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Meng, Erich |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | February 8, 1912 |
| PLACE OF BIRTH | Idar |
| DATE OF DEATH | June 18, 1940 |
| Place of death | at Nancy |