Eugene Merkle

Eugen Merkle (life dates unknown) was a German football player.

Career

Merkle belonged from 1902 bis 1909 the FC Stuttgart Cickers as a right winger in for which he in the South German association football clubs organized championships in the district of Württemberg , from the following season in Gau Schwaben denied in the regional highest each league point games. During his club membership he won eight regional championships with the team, including the South German championship in his penultimate season for the club. With this success he was qualified as a participant in the final round of the German championship . With the team he reached the final against BTuFC Viktoria 89 , which was scheduled in Berlin on June 7, 1908 , after he had played all three final round matches and the repeat game against Freiburg FC , which had been won 5: 2 - the match had previously been canceled; he succeeded with the hit to the final score in the 87th minute his only goal. The final on the Germania-Platz in front of 4,000 spectators was lost 1: 3.

successes

• Finalist German Championship 1908
• South German master 1908
• Southern District Master 1908
• Swabian Master 1904 , 1905 , 1906 , 1907 , 1908
• Württemberg master 1903

Web links

• Eugen Merkle in the database of weltfussball.de
• Eugen Merkle in the database of the Kickers archive