Erich Pohl (soccer player)

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Erich Pohl (born January 15, 1894 in Rastatt ; † November 8, 1948 in Cologne ) was a German football player who also played twice as a national player in 1923.

Career

societies

The student Erich Pohl learned to play football from 1904 at FC Rastatt 04 in southern Baden . After the end of the First World War, he moved to Cologne for work. There the later judicial inspector in Cologne-Nippes joined the Cologne SC in 1899 . With the Red-Whites from the Weidenpescher Park stadium , he first played in the district league Rheinischer Südkreis, then in the Rheingauliga and from 1925/26 in the 1st Rhine district class group south. But it was not enough for championship success.

Selection / national team

With the selection team of the West German Game Association , Pohl , who was mostly used as an outside runner , had several successes. He was a member of the final team on June 20, 1920 in Hanover, which won 1-0 after extra time against the selection team of the Association of Central German Ball Game Clubs through a goal by Georg Stollenwerk senior. secured the federal cup. He formed the runner row with Karl Flink and Josef Schümmelfelder . He was still in 1921 (0: 4 defeat against the selection team of the Association of Central German Ball Game Clubs), 1922 (1: 4 defeat in the fighting game cup ) and 1923 (1: 2 defeat each against the selection team of the South German Football Association ) three finals with his national team. In total, Erich Pohl has made ten appearances in the national and fighting game cup.

In 1923 he was called up twice to the German senior national team and made his debut on May 10 in Hamburg in a goalless draw against the Dutch national team as a right sidewalker. Club teammate Karl Zörner guarded the goal and the DFB team had eight debutants, including two players from Cologne SC 1899, who had finished fourth in the Rheingauliga Group South in the 1922/23 season . The 1: 2 defeat of the German team with him, Walter Krause and Ernst Eikhof as a runner row on August 12 in Dresden against the national team of Finland - among other things, a penalty was awarded - should be his last international match.

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SURNAME Pohl, Erich
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH January 15, 1894
PLACE OF BIRTH Rastatt
DATE OF DEATH November 8, 1948
Place of death Cologne