Franz Behr

Franz Jacob Behr (born February 9, 1876 in Hamburg-St. Pauli , † 1944 in Rio de Janeiro , Brazil ) was a German soccer player , coach , referee and official.

The older of two brothers playing football was a co-founder of Altona 93 , where he also took over the office of 1st chairman in 1896. Furthermore, in 1894 he participated in the founding of the Hamburg-Altonaer Fußball-Bund (HAFB), which he also served as chairman for the first decade with short interruptions, and in 1903 of the German sports authority for (light) athletics .

Franz Behr was one of the outstanding players in his own club; he was captain and de facto player-coach, also worked in the representative team of the HAFB. With him, Altona 93 won the association's championship four times. With a team to which his younger brother Walter also belonged, the club only failed in 1903 in the semi-finals of the first German soccer championship at VfB Leipzig .

Shortly thereafter, Behr was the referee of the first final between VfB and DFC Prague in Altona (final score 7: 2 for Leipzig). He was also responsible for viewer income at the final.

He was later made honorary president of Altona 93. From 1903 to 1904 Behr was the second chairman of the DFB , whose gaming committee he was also part of. In 1904 Franz Behr emigrated to South America .

References

↑ Birth register Hamburg II, 1876, Volume 2, Entry No. 768
↑ Jankowski / Pistorius / Prüß , Fußball im Norden / 100 Years of the North German Football Association, Barsinghausen and Peine 2005, therein: Personified Sports History, p. 200.
↑ All kinds of sports from everywhere in Der Sportbericht , Stuttgart, from September 20, 1948, p. 7

↑ 60 years AFC Borussia, ed. from the association (uncredited) , Hamburg 1953.

personal data
SURNAME	Behr, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES	Behr, Franz Jacob (full name)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION	German soccer player, referee and official
DATE OF BIRTH	February 9, 1876
PLACE OF BIRTH	Hamburg-St. Pauli
DATE OF DEATH	1944
Place of death	Rio de Janeiro

[1] Birth register Hamburg II, 1876, Volume 2, Entry No. 768

[2] Jankowski / Pistorius / Prüß , Fußball im Norden / 100 Years of the North German Football Association, Barsinghausen and Peine 2005, therein: Personified Sports History, p. 200.

[3] All kinds of sports from everywhere in Der Sportbericht , Stuttgart, from September 20, 1948, p. 7

[4] 60 years AFC Borussia, ed. from the association (uncredited) , Hamburg 1953.