Franz Binder (soccer player)

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Franz "Bimbo" Binder (born December 1, 1911 in St. Pölten , † April 24, 1989 in Vienna ) was an Austrian football player and coach . Between 1930 and 1949, the striker won six Austrian and one major German championship titles with SK Rapid Wien and also achieved a cup victory each. The Austrian and German national player was named footballer of the year three times. In football history, his quota of 421 goals in 347 competitive and international matches is considered outstanding and unmatched. In his subsequent career as a section leader and trainer, he was able to record further successes with Rapid.

Life

Born in St. Pölten into a poor working-class family, he grew up with nine siblings in three rooms. At the age of 15 he played in the first team of Sturm 19 St. Pölten and at 17 in the Lower Austria team. In 1930, the then almost 19-year-old Binder came to Rapid with his mother's consent. However, Binder had to commute in third class every day by train between St. Pölten and Wien-Hütteldorf. He lived in his parents' apartment until 1936, where he shared a bed with a brother.

Because of his height of 1.90 meters, Binder looked a bit stiff, and he wasn't a gifted technician either. But he compensated for this with a fighting spirit, enormous willingness to run and an excellent overview. In addition, he had a very hard and precise shot and was extremely strong on the ball due to his size and bounce. With Rapid he was Austrian champion six times between 1935 and 1948 and also great German champion in 1941, with three goals, two by free kick and after a 3-0 deficit in Rapid's 4-3 final win against FC Schalke 04 within ten minutes one by penalty, scored. Between 1933 and 1941, Binder was Austria's top scorer six times . In addition, Rapid was with him in 1938 German and 1946 Austrian cup winner. From 1937 to 1938 he was also the captain of the team. He was named footballer of the year three times by sports radio in the first few years after the war. Had it not been for a paper shortage in 1947, he might have won four titles in a row.

In the German national team , the striker played nine times from 1939 to 1941 and scored ten goals. Before that, he wore the Austrian colors in 14 games (eleven goals) . After the war he played five more games for Austria, in which he scored five goals.

Franz Binder has scored a total of 421 goals for Rapid and the national teams of Austria and Germany. In relation to the 347 competitive games he played, he holds a world record. In total, he scored 1006 goals in 756 games.

Section head and trainer

Still as a player, he became section head at Rapid in 1946 and built up the great team of the 50s there until 1951. a. Walter Zeman , Max Merkel , Ernst Happel , Gerhard Hanappi , Robert Dienst , Erich Probst as well as Körner I and II belonged. This is probably the best Rapid team of all time and was among the top in Europe. Under coach Josef “Pepi” Uridil , Rapid defeated London FC Arsenal 6-1 with five English internationals in a match sponsored by a Belgian brewery and held in Brussels . The critics said at the time that the team and their coach had succeeded in combining the classic Viennese school with all the essential elements of modern football.

In the German Oberliga Süd, Binder coached SSV Jahn Regensburg from 1952 to 1954 , where he was succeeded by his compatriot, "Der Große Uridil", and achieved the best placement in the club's history. From 1954 to 1955 he worked for 1. FC Nürnberg and from 1960 to 1962 in the Netherlands for PSV Eindhoven .

Grave of Franz "Bimbo" Binder in the Baumgartner Friedhof

In 1962 he returned to Rapid as section head and again led the club to the championship title in 1964. In 1966 he left Rapid after disagreements. The team he and Robert Körner built became champions in 1967 and 1968. From November 1969 to 1970 he coached the German Bundesliga club TSV 1860 Munich , but was unable to prevent relegation to the second division in this phase. In 1975 he returned to Rapid, where this time he worked as a coach together with Robert Körner and won the Cup in 1976. In addition, "Bimbo" Binder had sub-class engagements at FC Kufstein and SW Bregenz .

Binder, whose only vice was smoking, was nicknamed "Bimbo" on the occasion of a North Africa tour in the mid-1930s. In Egypt, the Rapid team visited the film "The Cyclone". The black African leading actor, who listened to the name "Bimbo", was reminiscent of the Rapid center forward, who has only been called "Bimbo" since then, in terms of his running style and appearance.

After his death, thousands paid him their last respects. He was buried in an honorary grave in the Baumgartner Friedhof in Vienna (group 30, number 11). In St. Pölten, the Bimbo-Binder-Promenade is a reminder of the city's great son. In 1999 he was voted into the Rapid Team of the Century .

Statistical career overview

As a player

  • until 1930: Sturm 19 St. Pölten
  • 1930–1949: SK Rapid Vienna
  • Austrian national team: 19 games / 16 goals (1933–37 and 1945–47)
  • German national team: 9 games / 10 goals (1939–41)

successes

  • Austrian champion: 1935, 1938, 1940, 1941, 1946, 1948
  • Austrian cup winner: 1946
  • German champion: 1941
  • German cup winner: 1938
  • Austrian top scorer:
    • 1933: 25 goals / 22 games
    • 1937: 29 goals / 22 games
    • 1938: 22 goals / 18 games
    • 1939: 27 goals / 18 games
    • 1940: 18 goals / 14 games
    • 1941: 27 goals / 18 games
  • Footballer of the Year (on sports radio): 1946, 1948, 1949

Coaching stations

successes

As a section head
  • Austrian champion: 1964
As a trainer
  • Austrian Cup winner: 1976

honors and awards

On November 21, 1972, Mayor Felix Slavik presented him with the Golden Medal of Merit of the State of Vienna in the City Hall in Vienna .

literature

  • Franz Binder jr .: Franz "Bimbo" Binder - A life for football. Residenzverlag, Vienna, 2011.

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ knerger.de: The grave of Franz Binder.
  2. ↑ «Bimbo is honored» . In: Arbeiter-Zeitung . Vienna November 21, 1972, p. 15 ( berufer-zeitung.at - the open online archive - digitized). Top left.
predecessor Office successor

there is not any		 Austria's footballer of the year
after the sports radio footballer vote by fans in
1946, 1948, 1949
Gerhard Hanappi
personal data
SURNAME Binder, Franz
ALTERNATIVE NAMES Binder, Bimbo (nickname)
BRIEF DESCRIPTION Austrian soccer player
DATE OF BIRTH December 1, 1911
PLACE OF BIRTH St. Polten
DATE OF DEATH April 24, 1989
Place of death Vienna