Gustav Hörgreen

Gustav Hörgreen (life dates unknown) was a German football player .

Career

Beginning

Hörgreen, born in Hameln, started playing football as a goalkeeper at FC Saxonia Hameln and moved to SV Arminia Hannover in 1924 . For the club he was in the championship of the North German Football Association in 1924/25 in the district league Südhannover-Braunschweig , one of seven district leagues as the regional top division. In the district championship, which was held in two seasons, he played his point games in season 1, from which the team emerged as the winner. The final match South Hanover-Braunschweig was lost against Eintracht Braunschweig , the winner of season B, with 0: 1.

continuation

When he got to Fürth, he played for the local SpVgg Fürth in the Bavarian regional league , in one of the five regional highest divisions - under the umbrella organization that organizes the championships , the South German Football Association - point games.

For the reigning South German Cup winner , he was used four times in point and cup games in his first season. He thus contributed to third place at the end of the 1925/26 season and to winning the South German Cup again. As a cup winner, he took part in the final round of the South German Championship , which was finished in second place behind the unbeaten FC Bayern Munich , the winner of the Bavarian regional league.

The following season was almost identical, with the difference that this time 1. FC Nürnberg won the district championship in Bavaria, SpVgg Fürth only took fourth place, but as another cup winner, in the finals of the South German championship and again as second place - this time too - behind 1. FC Nürnberg, finished.

In 1927/28 he played in the Northern Bavaria group , alongside the Southern Bavaria group, one of two groups within the Bavarian District League, and emerged from it as the winner. The subsequent final round of the South German Championship was finished in third place.

As the runner-up in the 1928/29 season , he and his team qualified for the final round of the South German Championship, which was divided into two groups. He and his team clearly prevailed among eight participating clubs in the Southeast Group - with a six point lead - and on June 2, 1929 won the deciding game "Third participant in the German Championship" 2-0 against FSV Frankfurt , the winner of the Northwest group .

From the 1929/30 season again emerged as the North Bavarian champion, he and his team again finished second in the final round of the South German Championship, this time behind Eintracht Frankfurt .

Due to the success achieved, the SpVgg Fürth was qualified four times for the final round of the German championship, Hörgreen was used in four final round games in 1925/26 and three in 1926/27 . He made his debut on May 16, 1926 in the 5-0 round of 16 victory over FC Viktoria Forst . After the successful quarter-finals against Breslauer SC 08 and the successful semi-finals against Holstein Kiel , he reached the final, which was won 4-1 against Hertha BSC on June 13, 1926 in the Waldstadion in Frankfurt in front of 40,000 spectators . Against this club he retired in 1926/27 after three games in the semifinals from the competition.

During his club membership he played 18 point games, five cup games and seven finals for the German championship for SpVgg Fürth; from the 1928/29 season he was gradually pushed out of the gate by Hans Neger .

The End

After the end of his active football career, he stayed in Fürth for nine years and played for the old men's team of SpVgg Fürth before he returned to his hometown. There he trained the SpVgg Hameln 07 from 1946 to 1948 ; later he settled in Frankfurt am Main .

successes

• German champion 1926 , 1929 (not used)
• North Bavarian master 1928 , 1929 , 1930
• South German Cup winner 1926, 1927

Web links

• Gustav Hörgreen in the database of weltfussball.de
• Gustav Hörgreen on kleeblatt-chronik.de

literature

• Hardy Grüne , Lorenz Knieriem: Encyclopedia of German League Football. Volume 8: Player Lexicon 1890–1963. Agon-Sportverlag, Kassel 2006, ISBN 3-89784-148-7 , p. 153.