Fritz Pott

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Fritz Pott
Personnel
birthday April 23, 1939
place of birth Cologne ,  Germany
date of death January 11, 2015
Place of death Cologne ,  Germany
size 172 cm
position Defense
Juniors
Years station
1946-1958 Red and white folding rule
Men's
Years station Games (goals) 1
1957-1958 Red and white folding rule
1958-1970 1. FC Cologne 218 (10)
1970-1971 SpVg Frechen 20
National team
Years selection Games (goals)
1962-1964 Germany 3 0(0)
Stations as a trainer
Years station
1971-1974 SpVg Frechen 20
1974-1975 SC Brühl 06/45
1978-1979 SC Viktoria Cologne
1 Only league games are given.

Fritz Pott (born April 23, 1939 in Cologne ; † January 11, 2015 there ) was a German soccer player and soccer coach . He won the German championship as a defender with his club 1. FC Köln in 1962 and 1964 . His nickname was "the good pot", based on the advertising slogan of a liquor manufacturer at the time .

Athletic career

Youth and Oberliga, until 1963

Defender Fritz Pott was under contract with 1. FC Köln from 1958 to 1970. Like Hans Schäfer , he came to FC from Rot-Weiss Zollstock . He had been active there since he was seven.

On March 31, 1957, Pott made his debut in the German youth national team . Together with Karl-Heinz Schnellinger, he formed the pair of defenders in the 4-1 win against England in Oberhausen. In April of that year, he also played the three group matches during the UEFA youth tournament in Spain.

Under coach Oswald Pfau , Pott made his debut on April 3, 1960 in the away game at Alemannia Aachen in the Oberliga West . In the round of 1960/61 he came to 13 missions and made 1961/62 as the successor to Georg Stollenwerk under the new coach Zlatko Čajkovski, the breakthrough to the regular defender of the "billy goat" eleven. He won with the people of Cologne on May 12, 1962 at the final in Berlin before 82,000 spectators at Olympic Stadium against the defending champion 1. FC Nuremberg 4: 0 goals the German championship . After a solo he scored in the 71st minute of the game to make it 4-0. But with his teammates he lost the last final game for a German championship in the Oberliga era on June 29, 1963 against their west rivals Borussia Dortmund with 1: 3 goals. From 1959 to 1963 he completed 68 league games for FC in the Oberliga West, scoring three goals.

The appearances in the European Cup were also special moments for Pott. Was it three games in 1961/62 (4: 2, 0: 2, 3: 5) Fair Cup against the stars like Mario Corso , Giacinto Facchetti and Luis Suárez is incurred Inter Milan , so it was in 1962/63 champions competition the Confrontation with the Scottish champions FC Dundee . He missed the 8-1 defeat in Dundee, but he was there in the 4-0 home win on September 26, 1962 against the Scots.

Bundesliga, 1963 to 1970

When Cologne became champions under the new coach Georg Knöpfle in the debut year of the Bundesliga , 1963/64 , Pott had scored a goal in 27 league games. In the year of the runner-up in 1964/65, he was part of the Cologne team, which drew three times in three games in February / March 1965 against Liverpool in the European Cup of Champions - 0-0; 0: 0; 2-2 in the playoff on March 24th in Rotterdam - played. The “ coin toss of Rotterdam ” finally decided the duel for the English champions. During this most successful time for him, national coach Sepp Herberger appointed him to the German national soccer team . He played three international matches. In the Bundesliga, Pott made 151 appearances and scored seven goals. His last big triumph was the 1968 DFB Cup victory 4-1 in the final against VfL Bochum . Internationally, Pott reached the semi-finals in the cup competition with Cologne in 1968/69. After a 2-2 home draw on April 2, 1969, the team of coach Hans Merkle failed with a 1: 4 away defeat at FC Barcelona . In the last season before the end of his career, 1969/70, Fritz Pott was no longer used. From 1959 to 1969 he is listed in the Hennes & Co club book with a total of 284 competitive games and 13 goals.

Family grave in the south cemetery

After finishing his active career, Pott worked as a coach and led SC Viktoria Köln into the 2nd division. He also trained SC Brühl 06/45 and SpVg Frechen 20 .

Life

In addition to his active football career, Fritz Pott worked as an industrial clerk in the afternoons . In 1972 he founded a building cleaning company in Hürth . Pott lived in Cologne-Junkersdorf . His grave is located in Cologne's south cemetery (hall 42).

statistics

successes

As a player
  • 1962 German champion
  • 1964 German champion
  • 1965 German vice-champion
  • 1968 DFB Cup winner
As a trainer

Web links

Individual evidence

  1. ↑ FC mourns its master hero Fritz Pott
  2. ^ "Fritz Pott zum 70." on fc-koeln.de, accessed on February 27, 2012.
  3. ↑ " The Philipp Lahm of the 60s " in the Kölner Stadtanzeiger from July 9, 2010, accessed on February 27, 2012.
  4. ↑ Entry in the commercial register of Glas- und Gebäudereinigung Fritz Pott GmbH, available at handelsregister.de
personal data
SURNAME Pott, Fritz
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German soccer player and coach
DATE OF BIRTH April 23, 1939
PLACE OF BIRTH Cologne
DATE OF DEATH January 11, 2015
Place of death Cologne