Erich Schaedler

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Erich Schaedler
Personnel
Surname Erich Peter Schaedler
birthday August 6, 1949
place of birth Biggar , South Lanarkshire ,  Scotland
date of death December 24, 1985
Place of death Scottish Borders , Scotland
position Defense
Juniors
Years station
Peebles Rovers
Melbourne Thistle
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1969 Stirling Albion 18 (1)
1969-1977 Hibernian Edinburgh 210 (2)
1977-1981 Dundee FC 102 (1)
1981-1985 Hibernian Edinburgh 87 (0)
1985 Dumbarton FC 14 (0)
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1974 Scotland 1 (0)
1 Only league games are given.

Erich Schaedler (born August 6, 1949 in Biggar , South Lanarkshire , † December 24, 1985 in the Scottish Borders ) was a Scottish football player with German roots who acted in the defense .

father

His father had the same name in the 1930s for Borussia Mönchengladbach played and was during the Second World War in British captivity advised the him to a POW camp for Douglas , led, South Lanarkshire. There he met a young woman from the neighboring town of Biggar and married her. The couple settled in neighboring Peebles .

societies

Erich Peter Schaedler followed in his father's footsteps and also began a career as a football player ; first in the youth division of his home club Peebles Rovers and then with Melbourne Thistle . He received his first professional contract in 1969 with Stirling Albion . After only 24 appearances for Stirling he was committed by the first division club Hibernian Edinburgh , for whom he made his debut on December 8, 1969 in a friendly against Górnik Zabrze . With the Hibs, he won the Drybrough Cup twice in a row and the Scottish League Cup once . He was also twice runner-up in the Scottish League: 1973/74 behind Celtic FC and 1974/75 behind Rangers FC . Schaedler, who helped the defense to stabilize and was one of the main guarantors of success, enjoyed great popularity with the Hibs fans.

The fan base was all the more disappointed when he moved to the second division FC Dundee in November 1977 . With his new employer, Schaedler quickly played himself into the hearts of the audience and won the championship with the team in the 1978/79 season and thus the return to the football club.

In 1981 he returned to the Hibs, where he was under contract for the following four years until the end of the 1984/85 season. Before the 1985/86 season he moved to FC Dumbarton on a free transfer .

National team

On March 27, 1974, Schaedler played his only international match for the Scottish national team in his father's home country , of all places, in the Frankfurt Waldstadion , against the German national team , which featured eight players who a few months later made the successful World Cup final against the Netherlands (2nd : 1) should dispute. The goals for the 2-0 break for the hosts were scored by Paul Breitner (by penalty ) and Jürgen Grabowski, who is at home in this stadium, between the 33rd and 35th minute. Kenny Dalglish scored the next goal for the Scots to make it 1: 2 in the 77th minute.

Schaedler was also part of the Scottish World Cup squad in 1974 , but was not used there.

Circumstances of death

A few weeks before Christmas 1985, Erich and his wife were divorced. On Christmas Eve , he was found dead in his VW Passat in Cardrona Forest in the Scottish Borders . The cause of death was a shot in the head , which Schaedler must have taught himself according to the official version. His family repeatedly questioned this justification. So explained his brother John:

“I understand that suicide is a possibility. But in my opinion there are too many unanswered questions and it cannot be ruled out that he was killed by a violent crime. After all, he was found in a place he had never been to before, which is strange. Even stranger is the fact that his car was covered in twigs and leaves. Why should he have gone to such trouble in connection with a suicide? In addition, there was no evidence that a shot was fired in the car. There are still too many inconsistencies. A former official wanted to start further investigations, but this was forbidden to him by a higher authority. "

A quarter of a century later, the police reiterated that they did not intend to reopen the case.

successes

literature

  • Colin Leslie: Shades: The Short Life and Tragic Dead of Erich Schaedler (B&W Publishing), Edinburgh 2013, ISBN 978-1-84502-541-0 .

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Germany-Scotland 2: 1 at weltfussball.de
  2. ↑ Foul play fears over death of Hibs' Eric Schaedler. In: Edinburgh News. October 27, 2013. (English)
personal data
SURNAME Schaedler, Erich
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Schaedler, Erich Peters
BRIEF DESCRIPTION scottish soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH August 6, 1949
PLACE OF BIRTH Biggar , South Lanarkshire , Scotland
DATE OF DEATH December 24, 1985
Place of death Scottish Borders