Friedrich Müller (soccer player)

Friedrich Müller (born December 7, 1907 in Munich ; † May 15, 1978 ) was a German national soccer player and soccer coach.

Career

The Munich miller began playing football at DSV Munich before moving to Dresdner SC in 1930 . A year later he was allowed to play two international matches for the DFB. He returned to Munich in the mid-thirties and played the rest of his active time for FC Wacker Munich .

The fast left wing managed to get promoted to the district class Bayern-Gruppe Südbayern with the DSV in the 1926/27 season. Around 1930/31, the trained printing specialist joined the Dresdner SC in Saxony. In his first year he won the championship in Central Germany with the DSC and therefore took part in the games for the German soccer championship with his club . They won 8: 1 against VfB Königsberg and lost 3: 4 goals against Holstein Kiel. With the association selection of Central Germany, he prevailed in the competition of the federal cup in the semifinals on January 11, 1931 in Bytom with a 5-1 victory against southeast Germany. He had on the left winger at the side of half-forward Erwin Helmchenstormed. The final took place on April 19, 1931 in Dresden against southern Germany. Central Germany competed with a total of ten players from the local Dresdner SC; the current master provided the complete series of attacks with Kurt Hallmann , Rudolf Berthold , Karl Schlösser , Richard Hofmann and "Fritz" Müller. The final was lost with 3: 4 goals in extra time.

Seven days later, on April 26th, Friedrich Müller made his debut as left winger in the international match in Amsterdam against the Netherlands in the German national football team. In the 1-1 draw, DSC comrades Kurt Stössel , Karl Schlösser and Richard Hofmann were also active in the team of national coach Otto Nerz . One month later, on May 24th, he was in the national team for the second time. In Berlin, Germany lost 6-0 against Austria. The German team was helpless against the attacking swing of the miracle team with their inner trio Gscheidl, Sindelar and Schall.

In 1932 he and his DSC teammates lost the final of the Central German Championship. In 1933, however, succeeded again in winning the championship. In the first year of the Gauliga Sachsen , 1933/34, the champions from Saxony competed in the group matches for the German championship against 1. FC Nürnberg, Borussia Fulda and Wacker Halle. At the end of the day, Nuremberg and Dresden led the group with equal points with 9: 3 points, and the better goal difference meant that the “Club” made it to the semi-finals. In Franconia , the DSC had prevailed with 2: 1 and in Saxony on May 13th in front of 46,000 spectators in Ostragehe Nuremberg with 1: 0 goals. The DSC attack was involved with Karl Schlösser, Rudolf Berthold, Helmut Schön , Richard Hofmann and Friedrich Müller.

Overall, the left winger from Bavaria is led at DSC with eight finals for the German championship, in which he scored three goals. In the mid-1930s he returned to Munich and played for the “Blausternen” of Wacker Munich.

literature

• Lorenz Knieriem, Hardy Grüne : Player Lexicon 1890 - 1963 . In: Encyclopedia of German League Football . tape 8 . AGON, Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-89784-148-7 .
• Jürgen Bitter : Germany's national soccer player: the lexicon . SVB Sportverlag, Berlin 1997, ISBN 3-328-00749-0 .
• Fritz Tauber: German national football team: Player statistics from A to Z . 3. Edition. AGNON, Kassel 2012, ISBN 978-3-89784-397-4 (176 pages).