Ernst Heermann

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Ernst Heermann (born July 27, 1914 in Mannheim , † December 8, 1941 near Ssolbowoj, Russian SFSR , Soviet Union ) was a German football player . With SV Waldhof Mannheim he won the Baden championship four times in the Gauliga Baden in 1934, 1936, 1937 and 1940 and was in the final of the Tschammer Cup in 1939 . The middle runner in the World Cup system at that time was the record player in the Baden region from 1934 to 1940 with 26 appointments.

Career

The Heermann, who grew up in Mannheim's Neckarstadt, played the 1931/32 season initially for Phoenix Mannheim , who played in the second-class district class , before moving to city rivals SV Waldhof Mannheim . The trained businessman played in the 1932/33 championship held by the South German Football Association in the Rhein / Saar district league . On October 23, 1932, he made his debut in the district league on the pea mountain in the game against VfR Kaiserslautern. As the winner of the Rhine group, he took part in the final round of the South German championship and finished the group east / west in fifth place. From 1933 to 1940 he played in the Gauliga Baden , in one of 16, later on 23 Gauligen at the time of National Socialism as the uniform top division in the German Reich , point games. With 117 league appearances, Heermann is the SV Waldhof player with the most Gauliga appearances. From 1933/34 to 1938/39, the top performer, who had moved from half right to center runner position, did not miss a competitive game in the Gauliga Baden in six rounds; During this period he played 90 league games with Waldhof and scored 21 goals.

While he was a member of the club, he won the North Baden Gaume Championship once and the Baden Gaume Championship five times. Due to the success he took with his team in the respective finals of the German championship . He made his debut on April 8, 1934 in the first game of Group C , one of four groups from which the respective winners moved into the semi-finals, in a 6-1 victory over Mülheimer SV 06 . After his three more group games, he moved with his team to the semi-finals on June 17, 1934 against FC Schalke 04 ; the game was lost 2-5.

In 1935/36 and 1936/37 he played all six group games; his team did not get past third place both times in group D.

He played his last game in this competition on July 28, 1940 in the 2: 5 defeat in the replay for third place against SK Rapid Wien , after the first encounter a week earlier with the result of 4: 4 after overtime did not produce a winner would have. The middle runner, who was considered an indispensable high performer, is led in the finals of the German soccer championship (1934-40) with 19 missions and one goal.

In the cup competition for club teams for the Tschammerpokal , which was newly created since 1935 , he was used from 1935 to 1939 in a total of 27 games in which he scored a goal.

He crowned his debut on September 1, 1935 in a 6-1 first-round victory over Eintracht Bad Kreuznach with his first goal, the goal of the final score in the 82nd minute. He played three more games before he and his team overtook him and his team in the semi-finals in the 0-1 defeat against eventual cup winners 1. FC Nürnberg . In 1936 , after four games he played, he was eliminated in the quarter-finals , in 1937 in the semi-finals , and in 1938 in the quarter-finals . In 1939 he played all eight games, including the two necessary replay games in the semi-finals and the final. The final held on April 28, 1940 in the Berlin Olympic Stadium ended with a 2-0 defeat against 1. FC Nürnberg.

Karl Ramge's brother-in-law was a war guest player at Linz ASK from October 1940 and played his last three games for SV Waldhof as a vacationer in December 1940. In May 1941, Heermann and Karl Bielmeier moved to Berlin, where they joined SV Blau-Weiß Berlin as a guest player.

Heermann's game impressed with excellent headers, tackling strength and brilliant endurance. He was one of those players who, because of their services to Waldhof , are on a par with players like Otto Siffling and Ludwig Günderoth . He took part in the DFB course under Reich coach Otto Nerz before the international match on January 27, 1935 in Stuttgart against Switzerland; in the 4-0 success he was not used. Ludwig Goldbrunner was in the middle of the German national team. The Waldhöfer found a replacement in the ranks of the Baden selection. He became the record holder of the selection and for years an indispensable support as a leader, thinker and driver. He made his debut in the Baden selection on June 3, 1934 against the Southwest and played his last game on March 3, 1940 in a 7-2 win against the Gau Mitte. In the Reichsbund Cup 1937/38 he was eliminated with players like Albert Conrad , Erich Fischer , Kurt Langenbein , Otto Siffling and Karl Striebinger only in the semi-finals on February 27, 1938 in Hamburg, against the eventual winner Nordmark (0: 3).

successes

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ Andreas Ebner: When the war ate football. P. 336; there: Entry from the Mannheim registry office dated June 11, 1942, No. 1507, attachment. 806
  2. ↑ a b Andreas Ebner: When the war ate football. P. 334
  3. ↑ Lorenz Knieriem, Hardy Grüne : Spiellexikon 1890 - 1963 . In: Encyclopedia of German League Football . tape 8 . AGON, Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-89784-148-7 , p. 135 .

literature

  • Andreas Ebner: When the war ate football. The history of the Gauliga Baden 1933–1945. Publishing house regional culture. Ubstadt-Weiher 2016. ISBN 978-3-89735-879-9 . Pp. 334-336.

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personal data
SURNAME Heermann, Ernst
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH July 27, 1914
PLACE OF BIRTH Mannheim , German Empire
DATE OF DEATH December 8, 1941
Place of death near Ssolbowoj, Soviet Union