Georg Zenker (soccer player)
Georg Zenker (March 3, 1921 ; †) was a German soccer player. Between 1949 and 1956 he played in Leipzig for the ZSG Industrie, BSG Chemie and the SC Lokomotive in the GDR Oberliga . In 1951 he became a GDR master with Chemie Leipzig.
When, in March 1949, several provisional Leipzig sports associations formed after the Second World War were merged to form the ZSG Industrie Leipzig, the 28-year-old Georg Zenker was part of the new squad of the football section. However, it was no longer used in the current 1948/49 season. Also in 1949/50, when the ZSG played the first season of the new Oberliga of the German Sports Committee (later GDR Oberliga), Zenker was only used as a striker on the 16th and 18th matchdays. With his three goals, however, he drew attention to his scoring qualities. The Leipzig team started the 1950/51 season under the new name BSG Chemie and ultimately won the GDR championship. Zenker came into the team only after the 11th matchday, but then established himself as a center forward of the championship with 17 appearances and five goals. He also played three games in the GDR soccer cup. By the summer of 1954, Zenker played a total of 88 league games in which he scored 16 goals.
Subsequently, the top division team of BSG Chemie was taken over by the newly founded SC Lokomotive Leipzig. With the new sports club Zenker played until the end of the 1956 season. 1954/55 he played as a central, then as a right defender. On September 26, 1954, Zenker played as a left defender in an international match with the B national team in Poland (2-1). In the three seasons with SC Lok he made 41 league appearances, but in 1956 the now 35-year-old only had four league games and one cup game.
literature
- Hanns Leske : Encyclopedia of GDR football . Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2007, ISBN 978-3-89533-556-3 (partly incorrect information).
- Andreas Baingo, Michael Horn: The History of the GDR Oberliga. Verlag Die Werkstatt, Göttingen 2003, ISBN 3-89533-428-6 .
Web links
- ZSG Industrie Leipzig: DS-Liga - game year 1949/50 on ronnysfanpage.de
| personal data | |
|---|---|
| SURNAME | Zenker, Georg |
| BRIEF DESCRIPTION | German soccer player |
| DATE OF BIRTH | March 3, 1921 |
| DATE OF DEATH | after 1956 |